Archive for May 2004

Communicating outcomes

Ag irrigation improvements save estimated 26,000 acre-feet
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
B.L. Harris
(979) 845-1851
bl-harris@tamu.edu
Welcoming rains hit drought-stricken New Mexico as project personnel arrived for the third annual Rio Grande Basin Initiative Conference, April 5-7, 2004, in Las Cruces. It was fitting that the week provided numerous [...]

May 4th, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
Protecting El Paso’s water supply

Researcher monitors pathogen levels in Rio Grande water
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
George DiGiovanni
(915) 859-9111
gdigiovanni@ag.tamu.edu
Although the Rio Grande is a major source of drinking and irrigation water for counties in the El Paso area, limited research on waterborne pathogens has been performed.
For the first [...]

May 3rd, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
ITC conducts short courses on Global Position Systems

By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Eric Leigh
(956) 968-5581
e-leigh@tamu.edu
Extension specialists conducted two beginners’ Global Position Systems (GPS) short courses April 27 and 28 at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Weslaco. The course, Introduction to Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Surveying, covered GPS fundamentals, demonstrated [...]

May 2nd, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
Determining efficient project sites

Improvements save estimated 49,000 acre-feet of water yearly
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Allen Sturdivant
(956) 968-5581
awsturdivant@agprg.tamu.edu
With water shortage issues still the major concern in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), economists and irrigation engineers have been hard at work evaluating infrastructure renovations.
With more than fifteen [...]

May 1st, 2004 | Posted in RGBI