The route to water security for Texas: the 2015–2016 Texas water roadmap forums
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2017). Cover photo: Jacob’s Well, in Hays County, Texas. ©2015 Andy Heatwole.
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Keywords

water planning
water management
water policy
water research
water education

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Rosen, Rudolph, Rabi Mohtar, Luis Cifuentes, Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Wesley Patrick, Chara Ragland, Susan Roberts, Jorge Vanegas, Cindy Wall, and James Wall. 2017. “The Route to Water Security for Texas: The 2015–2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forums”. Texas Water Journal 8 (1). College Station, Texas:116-23. https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v8i1.7055.

Abstract

Three forums were held between February 2015 and November 2016, bringing together Texas water experts from business, industry, government, academia, research, and the investment community in impartially facilitated sessions to determine ways to secure Texas’ water future through accelerating growth of infrastructure, technologies, research, education, and sustainable use. Consensus emerged after the first forum that Texas is approaching a water crisis reflecting matters of supply, allocation, and quality that demands immediate action to ensure water security and equitable access to this vital resource. Participant focus rested on new technology acceleration and investment, workforce education, research underway and desired by segments of the water sector, the water-energy-food nexus, outreach and public education, data management and access, water valuation, water security, and legal and regulatory frameworks. Participants also examined funding and partnership options for development of water treatment and supply infrastructure, water rights and allocation methods, aging infrastructure, and conservation, as well as the nearly ubiquitous fragmenting and compartmentalizing of just about everything having to do with water throughout the entire water sector. The forums generated and summarized a wealth of information that can be used by any party to make progress toward the goal of building a Texas water roadmap. This report summarizes the discussions and the path forward for securing Texas’ water resources.

Citation: Rosen RA, Mohtar R, Cifuentes LA, Frayser S, Hustvedt G, Patrick W, Ragland C, Roberts SV, Vanegas J, Wall C, Wall J. 2017. The route to water security for Texas: the 2015–2016 Texas water roadmap forums. Texas Water Journal. 8(1):116-123. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v8i1.7055.

https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v8i1.7055
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Mohtar R, Rosen RA. 2015. Resource Nexus: Water, Energy, Food – Water Forum And Technology Roadmap. November 17-18, 2015. College Station (Texas): The Texas A&M University System. 42 p. http://libguides.tamusa.edu/ ld.php?content_id=28446611

Rosen RA. 2015. Texas Water Technology Roadmap Forum: A Race Against Time. February 25, 2015. San Marcos (Texas): Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University. 68 p. http://libguides.tamusa.edu/ ld.php?content_id=28446601

Rosen RA. 2017. 2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forum: Workforce Education, Data, And Research. November 29, 2016. San Antonio (Texas): Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology, Texas A&M University–San Antonio. 56 p. http://libguides.tamusa.edu/ld.php?content_id=28446621

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Copyright (c) 2017 Rudolph Rosen, Rabi Mohtar, Luis Cifuentes, Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Wesley Patrick, Chara Ragland, Susan Roberts, Jorge Vanegas, Cindy Wall, James Wall