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The project titled Support Analytical Infrastructure and Further Development of a Statewide Bacterial Source Tracking Library funded by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board was established to provide needed resources to expand the...
2014-12-19
2014-12-19 2024-04-25 |
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The Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) was developed by landowners and completed in October 2008. In November 2009, the project entitled ?Implementing the Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan through Invasive Species Control (Saltcedar)...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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Nitrogen in groundwater, more specifically nitrate, is common in certain areas and is often associated with agricultural production or urban areas underlain by coarse soils. While the presence of nitrates in groundwater is not debated, the...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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Federal law requires all animal feeding operations to manage manures and wastewater by-products in a manner that is protective of waters of the U.S. As a result, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) encourages animal feeding...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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The Attoyac Bayou watershed is one of many rural watersheds included in the Texas Water Quality Inventory and 303(d) List as an impaired water body due to excessive E. coli levels. In many cases the assessed data in these waterbodies is limited...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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The Attoyac Bayou, a sub-watershed within the Upper Neches River Watershed, extends approximately 82 miles through Rusk, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Shelby counties before emptying into Sam Rayburn Reservoir. With several rural communities in...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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The State of Texas currently contains 568 water bodies considered impaired due to excessive pollutant loading. Of these, approximately 48% are impaired due to elevated levels of fecal indicator bacteria from animals, birds and humans. Once...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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River/reservoir system hydrology in the 15 major river basins and 8 coastal basins of Texas is explored using information derived from the Water Availability Modeling (WAM) System maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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In the 2012 Texas Integrated Report and 303(d) List, approximately 48% of the 568 impaired water bodies were caused by high bacteria levels. Once a water body has been listed, the Clean Water Act requires action to be undertaken to restore water...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife Extension) through the Departments of Soil and Crop Sciences (SCSC) and Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAEN) and the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) conducted 14 well owner...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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Shale gas has emerged as one of the leading energy developments in the United States. Production has risen from roughly 0.9 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in 2006 to 4.8 TCF in 2010. Shale gas now encompasses 23% of U.S. natural gas production and is...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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The Arroyo Colorado (AC) is an ancient channel of the Rio Grande and is approximately 90 miles long. The headwaters of the AC begins at the Anzalduas Diversion Dam in Mission, TX and flows eastward through southern Hidalgo County, into Cameron...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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Giant salvinia, a highly invasive aquatic fern native to South America, poses a serious threat to Texas? waters and has done so since its discovery in the state in the 1990s. If left unmanaged, giant salvinia can cause a multitude of impacts...
2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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2014-12-22
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2014-12-22
2014-12-22 2024-04-25 |
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This project presents the development and design of a comprehensive interface coupled with a geodatabase (ArcGISwat 2003), for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). SWAT is a hydrologically distributed, lumped parameter model that runs on a...
2004-09-29
2004-09-29 2003-12-01 2004-09-30 |
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Prediction of flow is necessary for planning and management of water resources. The objective of this study is to estimate mean annual flows for the USA and mean monthly flows for the rivers of central Texas based on the precipitation and their...
2004-09-29
2004-09-29 2003-12-01 2004-09-30 |
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This research focused on expanding the capabilities of the Water Rights Analysis
Package (WRAP) for incorporating salinity considerations in assessments of water
availability. A simulation modeling approach was used to address this issue and a...
2006-08-16
2006-08-16 2005-05-01 2006-08-16 |
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Red Bluff is the main reservoir of the Pecos River in Texas, and its maximum storage capacity adjusted to sediment accumulation is estimated at 357 million m3 (289,600 acre-ft.).
Aside from the shortage of water entering the reservoir, high...
2007-11-13
2007-11-13 2007-01-01 |
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The study of the benefits (damages averted) attributable to the El Morillo Drain
encompasses U.S. municipalities, industry, and agriculture. It is conservatively estimated
that the annual direct benefits to residents of South Texas ranges between...
2007-11-14
2007-11-14 2007-01-02 |
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To develop a successful watershed protection plan for the Pecos River, it is very important to
correctly characterize the river basin including vegetation coverage, river channel and others.
The objective of subtask 1.1 was to delineate the Pecos...
2007-11-14
2007-11-14 2007-01-01 |
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Water scarcity is becoming a pervasive and persistent problem in Texas particularly in the drier
regions containing cities like San Antonio, Austin, and Corpus Christi while growth causes
emerging problems in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. A...
2007-11-14
2007-11-14 2007-04-01 |
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In order to identify potential salinity sources, it was necessary to locate and characterize the
potential impact of perennial and intermittent tributaries into the Pecos River. A study to
determine water quantity, quality, and point of impacts...
2007-11-14
2007-11-14 2007-05-01 |
