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Texas Water Journal

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Current Issue

01Feb
Best Management Practices for Firefighting in the Karstic Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer of South-Central Texas

Karst aquifers are vulnerable to contamination from hazardous pollutants that can harm drinking water supplies, species inhabiting aquifers and springs, and other karst water resources. This paper presents best management…

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22Feb
Storage and Regulation of River Flows by Dams and Reservoirs

Water management in Texas is driven by dramatic spatial and temporal hydrologic variability, continual rapid population growth, declining groundwater supplies, and intensifying demands on surface water resources. Dams and reservoirs…

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04Mar
Commentary: Fresh, Clean Water for Texans Now and for Generations to Come

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: The Texas Water Journal invited Texas state Representative Tracy O. King, incoming chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, to share his thoughts on what…

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28Jan
State Legislature, Voters Move to Eighty-Six Texas’s Flooding Challenges

Even before the 86th Texas Legislature began, it was clear the session would feature a deluge of activity focused on addressing Texans’ experience with flooding. Elected representatives from across the…

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25Feb
Oilfield Water Infrastructure Connectivity: The Case for a ‘Hydrovascular’ Network in the Permian Basin

The current phase of oilfield water infrastructure buildout in the Permian Basin generally emphasizes each operator or midstream provider building its own water transportation and disposal systems. Accordingly, the overall…

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03Apr
Runoff Inflow Volumes to the Highland Lakes in Central Texas: Temporal Trends in Volumes and Relations between Volumes and Selected Climatic Indices

Inflow to the Highland Lakes has substantially decreased from 1942–2013, likely due to increased evapotranspiration from the proliferation of 19 major upstream reservoirs and about 69,500 minor reservoirs and water…

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30Apr
Book Review: Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas

In this book review, Jessica Foster summarizes Regulating Water Security in Unconventional Oil and Gas, a collection of articles authored by professionals from disciplines as diverse as agriculture, zoology, law,…

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23Jun
Hydrodynamic Modeling Results Showing the Effects of the Luce Bayou Interbasin Transfer on Salinity in Lake Houston, TX

An overreliance on groundwater resources in the Houston (Texas) metropolitan area led to aquifer drawdowns and land subsidence, so regional water suppliers have been turning to surface water resources to…

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09Sep
Dams Are Coming Down, but Not Always by Choice: The Geography of Texas Dams, Dam Failures, and Dam Removals

This study examines spatial and temporal trends in Texas dams, dam failures, and dam removals. Dams were examined from a statewide perspective and within 10 major river basins that collectively…

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28Sep
Commentary: Fact vs. Fiction on Rio Grande Deliveries

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: The Texas Water Journal invited The Honorable Jayne Harkins, P.E., U.S. Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission to share her thoughts on water deliveries from Mexico…

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29Oct
Internet of Texas Water: Use Cases for Flood, Drought, and Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions

Experts representative of Texas’ water sectors identified critical water data needs and described the design of a comprehensive open access data system that facilitates use of public water data in…

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10Dec
Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage

The 2017 Texas state water plan projects total supply deficits of 4.8 and 8.9 million acre-feet under drought-of-record conditions by the year 2020 and 2070, respectively, driven by a growing…

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16Dec
Commentary: Water: A Preventable Disaster

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: The Texas Water Journal invited Texas state Senator Charles Perry, Chair of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs, to share his thoughts on the role of…

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Water, Texas Style: An Introduction. Extremes of climate and geography make managing water in a state as large as Texas a challenge. In response, Texas has created an array of institutions to handle that challenge. Author: Todd Votteler

Planning, Financing, and Providing for the Needs of 23 Million More Texans by 2070. People have been moving to Texas for decades with no signs showing that the migration is slowing down. How much water will they need, where will that water come from, and how will it be paid for? Author: Peter Lake

Groundwater Governance, Management, Regulation, and Emerging Issues in the Lone Star State. Groundwater provides most of the water that Texans use. However, groundwater supplies are projected to decrease by nearly a quarter between 2020 and 2070. As one of the last rule of capture states how is Texas managing its groundwater in the face of declining supplies? Author: Robert Mace

Surface Water Management, Regulation, and Flooding: Planning for Feast or Famine. The first major new reservoir in Texas since the 1980s is now under construction. Is Texas in the beginning of a new period of reservoir construction? If so, should all new water supply projects be required to provide flood protection benefits in the wake of Hurricane Harvey? Author: Sara Thornton

The Rise of Water Conservation and Efforts to Protect Environmental Flows. Texas first began to address the surface water needs of the environment in 1985. Conservation is now a major focus of the state’s efforts to stretch its existing supplies. What are these efforts and could they be examples for other states? Author: Kathy Alexander

Hands Across the Waters: How Texas Works with River Compacts. Many of the rivers in Texas are located wholly within the state’s boundaries. There are a few notable exceptions, however. How does Texas manage transboundary rivers? Author: Suzy Valentine

The Texas Energy and Water Nexus. Texas is both a major producer and user of energy. Some sources of energy relied upon by Texas use far more water than others and could be vulnerable to shortages during future droughts. Author: Gabe Collins

Water Research in Texas: An Ever Evolving Topic and a Highly Engaged Community. Texas has a robust water research effort spread across many universities as well as other institutions. How are these efforts organized and what is the focus of their research? Author: John Tracy

Water Education Leadership in Texas: Pathway for Students from Middle School to University Degree. Like most states Texas is experiencing a generational change in the water workforce created by retiring baby boomers. How will Texas fill the jobs needed to quench its growing thirst? Author: Rudolph Rosen

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Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Peter Lake, the current Board Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board, to the Public Utility Commission where he will serve as Chairman upon confirmation by the Texas Senate. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-lake-to-public-utility-commission-of-texas

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Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Robert Skov as the Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for a term expiring on June 9, 2025. The commissioner is responsible for administering the provisions of the compact entered into by TX, CO, NM, & the US. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-appoints-skov-as-rio-grande-compact-commissioner #RioGrande

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