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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2024)

Published February 22, 2024

Cover photo: The Narrows on the Blanco River. ©2020 Erich Ross Schlegel, Texas Water Foundation.

The Texas Water Journal is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the timely consideration of Texas water resources management, research, and policy issues from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates science, engineering, law, planning, and other disciplines. The Texas Water Journal is published in cooperation with the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, and the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas Water Journal Selects Dr. Ralph A. Wurbs as the Inaugural Recipient of the Texas Water Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Ralph A. Wurbs has been recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Texas Water Journal's Texas Water Lifetime Achievement Award in part for his role in developing the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP) modeling system.

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Articles

Justin C. Thompson, Dr. Michael H. Young

1-33

A Hydro-Economic Approach for Quantifying Well Performance Thresholds and Recoverable Groundwater Yields in Texas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v15i1.7160

Steve Young, Carlos Rubinstein, Russell Johnson

34-54

Case Study of Emerging Groundwater Management Issues at the Forefront of Large-scale Production from a Confined Aquifer: The Vista Ridge Project

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v15i1.7161

Rachel Hanes

55-85

Water Reuse in the Hill Country: Lessons from Existing Reuse Facilities in Texas and Opportunities to Advance Reuse in Comal County: Análisis de oportunidades en el condado de Comal, Texas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v15i1.7170

Michael Snook, Dr. Ashley Matheny, Dr. Ana Maria Restrepo Acevedo, Maria Ulatowski

86-103

Differences in the Hydration State of Riparian Pecan Trees Between Rural and Urban Settings

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v15i1.7174

Margaret Cook, Darrel Tremaine, Briana Wyatt, Jay Banner, Joni Charles, Matthew Berg, Tianna Bruno, Yael Glazer, Coy Callison, Robert Mace, Valerie Miller, Ryan Bare, Rosario Sanchez Flores, Jonathan Seefeldt, Amanda Fuller, Dev Niyogi

104-139

Addressing Challenges to Ensuring Justice and Sustainability in Policy and Infrastructure for Texas Water Resources in the 21st Century

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v15i1.7169

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