Texas A&M University Repository - Western Waters Digital Library

A Report on the Effectiveness of Texas Water Resources
A readership survey conducted in May 1977 found that readers of Texas Water Resources find it useful, attractive and informative. The bulletin is published by the Texas Water Resources Institute to generate public awareness and understanding of... 2007-12-10
2007-12-10
1977-05-01

A Cross-Sectional Investigation of the Determinants of Urban Residential Water Demand...
This research was undertaken to specify and estimate a model relating household demand for urban water to its principal determinants. Four specific tasks were accomplished: 1. An appropriate economic demand model for urban-residential water... 2007-12-10
2007-12-10
1978-05-01

Outlook for Energy and Implications for Irrigated Agriculture
Agriculture uses large quantities of energy to pump groundwater for irrigation. This means the cost of energy has important implications for the industry in terms of costs and profitability. Increases in the prices of energy sources such as... 2007-12-10
2007-12-10
1977-09-01

An Interindustry Model of El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
1976-04-01

Effects of Salinity and Specific Ions on Seedling Emergence and Growth of Onions
The concentrate from nanofiltration is usually enriched with divalent ions, such as Ca, Mg and SO4. Since divalent ions are less hazardous to soils and plants, it was hypothesized that the disposal of nanofiltration concentrate to irrigation water... 2008-09-23
2008-09-23
2008-08-01

Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Task Force Final Report
In September 2006, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) charged a seven-person Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Task Force with: * examining approaches that... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2009-01-01

Economic and Conservation Evaluation of Capital Renovation Projects: Hidalgo County...
Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a single-component capital renovation project proposed by Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, (a.k.a. San Juan) to the North American... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2003-07-01

Economic and Conservation Evaluation of Capital Renovation Projects: Cameron County...
Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a five-component capital renovation project proposed by Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2, (a.k.a. San Benito) to the Bureau of... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2003-08-01

Paso del Norte Watershed Council Coordinated Water Resources Database Project
The Paso del Norte Watershed Council (PDNWC) is a quasi-governmental organization that serves in an advisory capacity to the New Mexico-Texas Water Commission regarding the selection, planning, and implementation of environmental enhancements and... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2004-01-01

SWAT 2003: 2nd International SWAT Conference Proceedings
This book of proceedings presents papers that were given at the 2nd International SWAT Conference, SWAT 2003, that convened in 2003 in Bari, Italy. The focus of this conference was to allow an international community of researchers and scholars to... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2003-07-01

An Overview of Operational Characteristics of Selected Irrigation Districts in the...
Population expansion and water shortfalls have placed the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley (Valley) center stage in water publicity. The unique characteristics and lack of public knowledge on how irrigation districts divert and convey water from the... 2009-01-09
2009-01-09
2007-12-01

Phase II Final Project Report Paso del Norte Watershed Council Coordinated Water...
The Coordinated Water Resources Database and GIS Project (Project) was developed to provide improved access to regional water resources data in the Paso del Norte region for regional water stakeholders to make timely decisions in water operations... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2007-11-01

An Overview of Operational Characteristics of Selected Irrigation Districts in the...
Population expansion and water shortfalls have placed the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley (Valley) center stage in water publicity. The unique characteristics and lack of public knowledge on how irrigation districts divert and convey water from the... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2007-12-01

Economic and Conservation Evaluation of Capital Renovation Projects: United Irrigation...
Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a three-component capital renovation project proposed by the United Irrigation District to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). The... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2005-09-01

Manual on Conditional Reliability, Daily Time Step, Flood Control, and Salinity...
2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2005-12-01

Economic and Conservation Evaluation of Capital Renovation Projects: Hidalgo County...
Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a two-component capital renovation project proposed by Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2005-04-01

Descriptions and Expectations of Recommended BMPs for Improving the Bosque River Watershed
The Bosque River and its watershed face complex water quality problems that are not easy to solve. Attempts have been made to improve the quality of the water moving through this watershed, but have had little success due to the broad scope of... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-02-01

Improving Permeability and Salt Leaching in Irrigated Sports Fields: Exploratory Testing
Many sports fields developed in the El Paso Valley and some in uplands became salinized when irrigated with water containing 800 to 1,200 mg/L of dissolved salts. The soil types, which were salinized, include compacted soils, clayey Entisols,... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-02-01

Bosque River Environmental Infrastructure Improvement Plan: Phase I Final Report
The Bosque River and its associated watershed face a myriad of water quality challenges. Previous attempts made to address these concerns have met with limited success due to a relatively narrow, specific problem approach. The goal of this project... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-04-01

Bosque River Environmental Infrastructure Improvement Plan: Phase II BMP Modeling Report
The Bosque River Watershed is located in the Brazos River Basin in central Texas and is facing a suite of water quality issues resulting in sediment, nutrient and bacteria loading. These loadings are potentially derived from improperly managed... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-03-01

Potential Impacts of Desalination Concentrate on Salinity of Irrigation Water: A Case...
Winter returnflow has not been fully utilized for crop irrigation in the El Paso Valley. There are, however, emerging interests in utilizing it for urban water supply through desalting. This study examined the potential impact of concentrate... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-05-01

Hydrology, Salinity, and Salinity Control Possibilities of the Middle Pecos River: A...
The Middle Pecos River between Malaga, New Mexico, and Girvin, Texas, is known for high salinity. Streamflow salinity during the last decade (1991-2000), for example, averaged 3,500 and 6,150 mg L-1 at Malaga and at the Red Bluff release, and... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-05-01

Salt Tolerance of Landscape Plants Common to the Southwest
With sharply increasing costs of providing potable water, many communities in the Southwest are attempting to utilize non-potable saline water for irrigating large landscapes. This publication provides the information related to salt effects on... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-05-01

Bacterial Monitoring for the Buck Creek Watershed
The “Bacterial Monitoring for the Buck Creek Watershed” project was developed in response to the creek’s listing on the Texas Water Quality Inventory and 303(d) List due to a bacterial impairment and subsequent total maximum daily load (TMDL)... 2009-01-12
2009-01-12
2008-08-01