Professor, Texas Tech University and CEO, ATMOS Research In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Professor in the Public Administration program at Texas Tech University and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech, part of the Department of the Interior’s South-Central Climate Science Center. Dr. Hayhoe’s research focuses on developing and applying high-resolution climate projections to evaluate the future impacts of climate change on human society and
Author: Corey Dockery
outlook+water: November 2018
SUMMARY: October was another rain-filled month for much of Texas. Drought is down to affecting only 1 percent of the state. Statewide reservoir storage is close to exceeding the highest percentages since at least 1990. The odds of El Niño paying a visit are up to 80 percent for this winter. One thing I learned over the past month is that I would die from dysentery during a boil water notice if a cryptosporidium passed
q&a+water: GSD&M Co-Founder Roy Spence
Roy Spence, Chairman and Co-Founder of GSD&M Roy Spence is one of the founders of ad giant GSD&M. Spence has brought in two other Texas based marketing organizations, Harbinger and Harman Friday. Together they are partnering with Texas State University’s Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on a project to raise awareness in Texas on water use. What drew you to your new collaboration with the TWDB and the
q&a+water: Congressman Beto O’Rourke
Beto O’Rourke, Congressman & U.S. Senate Candidate In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, invited U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke, to share their thoughts on Texas water through an identical candidate questionnaire. While the Cruz campaign ultimately declined to participate, the O’Rourke campaign returned the questionnaire. Rep. O’Rourke has served in Congress since 2013, and previously served as a member of the El Paso City Council from 2005-2011. An alumnus of Columbia University, Rep.