Archive for August 2006

Cutting Turf Irrigation

Workshops help homeowners keep lawns green with little water
By Kevin Robinson-Avila
Homeowners learned how to maintain plush green lawns despite drought at two free workshops held in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Specialists with New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service taught participants how to install subsurface drip systems, choose low-water-use grasses, and cut irrigation time [...]

August 3rd, 2006 | Posted in RGBI
Economic model application to analyze cost of desalination

By: Danielle Supercinski
Contacts: Allen Sturdivant, Dr. Edward Rister, Dr. Ronald Lacewell
Note: Some information was excerpted from a forthcoming manuscript to be published through Texas Water Resources Institute.
Cities and rural communities throughout Texas are faced with many issues limiting their sustainable potable water supply. To assist in solving this problem, a desalination project in [...]

August 2nd, 2006 | Posted in RGBI
Savings from in-home water conservation project

By: Danielle Supercinski
Contact: Janie Harris, jl-harris@tamu.edu, 979.847.8865
Water-saving equipment has been available for 14 years for homeowners to conserve water used in their homes. Janie Harris, Texas Cooperative Extension housing and environment specialist, said research has shown that households can save as much as 25 gallons per person per day with water-conserving equipment [...]

August 1st, 2006 | Posted in RGBI