Website: http://waterprogram.tamu.edu

Managing water is increasingly complex requiring the integration of science, engineering, economics, environment, institutions, laws and social considerations Traditional approach in educating water managers and scientist concentrates programs in a University department New approach is to educate managers and scientists on a multidimensional and trans-disciplinary basis—disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary breadth TAMU water management and hydrologic science program uniquely draws on expertise of faculty in 4 colleges and 12 different departments Our mission is to educate the next generation of water managers and scientist to deal with increasingly complex water issues

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WATER PROGRAM 2003 Program planning instituted by senior faculty committee 2004 Approved by TAMU Board of Regents in Dec 2005 Approved by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in March 2005 First Class admitted in August 2007 First Degree granted

UNIQUE PROGRAM STRUCTURE

•Degree Supervised by Intercollegiate Faculty • Four Colleges: Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering, Geoscience • Sixty (60) faculty in 12 departments

• Faculty Elect an Executive Committee and Water Chair to administer program

• Separate from a Department

• College of Geoscience •Degree Name: Water Management & Hydrologic Science

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Graduate Education • Master degrees (2) • Doctoral degree

Integrative Research Faculty • Topical Teams

• Water quality, quantity, distribution

Outreach Education •Seminar Series •Conferences •Websites

•Master of Water Management:36 hrs/2 yrs • 7 hrs core classes • 12 hrs common body of knowledge • 14 hrs directed water courses • 3 hrs free electives

• Master of Hydrological Science:32 hrs/2yrs • 7 hrs core classes • 18 hrs directed water courses • 3 hrs free electives • 4 hrs research • Doctorate in Hydrological Science:64 hrs

Water Degrees

Water Courses HYDROLOGY

•Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics •Climate Change •Climate Modeling •Small Watershed Hydrology •Modeling Small Watersheds Using GIS •Surface Water Hydrology •Stochastic Hydrology •Water Resources Systems Engineering •Geographic Information Systems •Fluvial Geomorphology •Engineering Geomorphology •Coastal Sediment Processes •Estuary Hydrodynamics

•Range and Forest Watershed Management

GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY

Pedology Advanced Soil Physics Groundwater Engineering Field Methods in Hydrogeology Geology of Groundwater Applied Groundwater Modeling Chemical and Isotopic Evolution of Groundwater WATER ECOLOGY

Aquatic Entomology Foodweb Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems Aquatic Microbial Ecology Wetland Plant Taxonomy Estuarine Ecology ECOHYDROLOGY Wetland Ecology Foodweb Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems Aquatic Microbial Ecology Zoogeography

WATER QUALITY

Introduction to Environmental Biophysics Land Disposal of Waste Mode of Action and Environmental Fate of Herbicides Contaminant Transport in Groundwater Fundamentals of Environmental Remediation Processes Environmental Risk Analysis Environmental Engineering Management Environmental Analysis of Treatment Systems Environmental Control of Oil and Hazardous Materials Spills Environmental Remediation of Contaminated Sites Contaminant Hydrology

WATER MANAGEMENT

• Accounting • Finance • Water Economics • Water Resources Planning and Management • Human Impact on the Environment • Survey of Management • Negotiations • Marine Environmental Policy • Dispute Resolution in Planning • Problems of Environmental Planning Administration • Public Administration • Politics, Policy and Administration • Public Policy Theory • Environmental Communication • Political Sociology • Sociology of Complex Organizations • Environmental Impact Analysis • Water Law

OUR AMAZING WATER FACULTY

RESEARCH

50 research grants totaling $11 million in funding

Published 175 journal articles and reports

Made 185 presentations at professional meeting

SERVICE

Editors of 8 water journal

Reviewers for 84 different journal

TEACHING

Generated over 700 student credit hours

OUR AMAZING WATER FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS

Agricultural Water Management Coastal StudiesClimate

Variability/ChangeContaminant Detection, Transport &

TreatmentEcohydrology

Economics

HydrologyHydrogeologyInfomatics and Geographic Information

SystemsModeling (Groundwater)Modeling/Surface

WaterRiparian/Stream RestorationStormwater ManagementWater

ConservationWater Management/Policy AnalysisWatershed

ManagementWater Resources Planning Wetlands

WMHS PROGRAM GROWTH

Year Students •2005 11 •2006 16 •2007 26 •2008 30 •2009 40 •2010 45 •Current 48 •**33 masters, 15 doctoral**

OUR STUDENT UNDERGRADUATE BACKGROUNDS

• Civil engineering • Mechanical engineering • Geology • Environmental science • Wildlife sciences • Aquatic biology • Soil science • Hydrology • Chemistry • Mathematics • Agriculture • Business • Diplomacy

OUR DIVERSE STUDENTS • International

•China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Mauritius, S. Africa, Republic of China (Tiawan), Jamica

• United States •East & West Coast, Midwest and South

• Texas •East, West, South

• 2 Fulbright Scholars, 3 USDA Fellows, 8 Diversity & Hispanic Fellows, 1 STEM Fellow

WHERE ARE OUR GRADUATES

• FORTY-THREE GRADUATES (43) • Positions

•Cities: e.g San Antonio Water System • Harris County • Consulting Firms • EPA • Universities • National Research Laboratories • Water quality labs • U.S. Forest Service • Groundwater Districts • International NGO’s • Water Associations • Army COE • Tx Soil Board • Texas Water Resources Institute

OUTREACH EDUCATION PROGRAM 1. Targeted Education Programs

• Annual Water Conference • Groundwater Conferences

2. Websites: http://texaswater.tamu.edu 3. Targeted Publications

Our Future Plans

1. Develop internship programs for our masters students

2. Cooperate with Texas water organizations to develop

annual conferences and seminars 3. Explore adding web based water courses for working

professionals 4. Develop graduate scholarships: e.g. Valeen Silvy Water Fellowship 5. Continue to recruit the best students