Cultivating Stewardship Through Nature Exploration

April 10, 2019 May 10, 2018 By Texas+Water

In 2017, I was named Chief Education Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, overseeing educational and research efforts within the educational program at Spring Lake. I have over 25 years of experience developing, teaching and leading outdoor education experiences in informal and academic settings. One of the reasons I am so excited to come back to Texas after many years in the Southeastern United States, is the opportunity to work with

Connecting Texas Water Data Workshop

April 10, 2019 May 3, 2018 By Texas+Water

Texas’ public and private companies, organizations, and agencies have collected water data for different purposes and at different scales for many years. These data are scattered across multiple platforms with different standards, often making important data sets inaccessible or incompatible. This leaves Texas’ decision makers, industries, landowners, and communities with significant amounts of data of limited use to support real-time decision making, development of opportunities for water security, or for modeling an accurate picture of

q&a+water: Peter Lake

July 17, 2020 May 2, 2018 By Todd Votteler

Peter Lake, Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board What are your priorities as Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board? I was extremely honored when Governor Abbott designated me Chairman earlier this year. It’s a privilege to work each day with a tremendously talented and dedicated team to accomplish a mission that is vital to this state. The TWDB has set a new standard for excellence since the launch of the

outlook+water: March 2018

July 17, 2020 March 19, 2018 By Robert Mace

By Robert Mace, Chief Science Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment SUMMARY Large areas in West Texas have received less than 10 percent of normal rainfall for the past 90 days. La Niña is expected to fade into neutral conditions (La Nada) by May. Drought conditions in west, far west, south-central, and central Texas are expected to persist and expand over the next three months. Welcome to the first Outlook+Water for Texas+Water!

q&a+water: Anne Idsal

July 17, 2020 March 14, 2018 By Todd Votteler

Anne Idsal, EPA Administrator – Region 6 What are your priorities as US EPA Administrator for Region 6 with regard to water? EPA Region 6 has a very diverse set of waterways and water priorities within and among our five states. Under Administrator Pruitt’s leadership, we are working to prioritize clean drinking water and safe waste water for the states in a way that addresses their individual priorities and goals. EPA looks forward to working