Sustainable management of groundwater requires the judicious allocation of resources to meet societal, ecological, and environmental needs, both now and over the long-term. Historically, groundwater sustainability has been narrowly defined in terms of protecting aquifers from contamination and limiting pumping to match groundwater use with recharge. However, a broader paradigm is necessary, one which considers […]
Research Projects
Groundwater Sustainability
Harris County Drainage Reuse Initiative
The Harris County area has been subject to both droughts and floods throughout its history. In the recent past, major flooding has occurred during both tropical storm events (i.e., Allison in 2001) and heavy precipitation events (e.g., Memorial Day Floods of 2015). Since 1996, a total of 48 flood-related fatalities and damages of over $5 […]
Improving Technologies for Multi-Well Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a water storage alternative applicable to a wide range of hydrogeologic conditions and climates. As demand for water increases, these systems will need to expand in scale from single recharge and extraction wells to fields with 30+ wells. In this work, we will aim to improve the implementation of […]
Texas Water Observatory (TWO): Capacity Building in the Brazos Corridor
We propose to develop a distributed network of field observatories in Brazos River corridor, known as Texas Water Observatory (TWO), for better understanding of the hydrologic flow across various natural and man-made reservoirs in the critical zone (encompassing groundwater, soil water, surface water, and atmospheric water) at various space and time scales. Using many advanced […]