TWDB to host webinar about the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer characterization for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority ASR project
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) invites you to a webinar about the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer characterization for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority ASR project on May 19 at 10:00 a.m. The webinar will be presented by Andrea Croskrey, Brian Perkins, James Golab, and Daniel Collazo.
 
Please see the GoToMeeting details below to attend the webinar.
 
More information about the project and access to the report is available on the project website.
 
Abstract
One of the most important aspects of an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) project is understanding the hydrogeological characteristics of the aquifer to be used to store the excess water supply. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) needed an aquifer characterization to better understand the storage parameters of the aquifers around its Mid-Basin Water Supply Project to help with well field site selection. This aquifer characterization study describes the hydrogeological characteristics, such as stratigraphy, lithology, and salinity of the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in eastern Gonzales county and parts of Caldwell and Guadalupe counties. Based on the mapping completed, a 9-mile-wide and 25-mile-long swath of the Carrizo Sand was identified as most favorable for ASR.
 
The TWDB is working on ASR studies, as legislatively mandated by Texas Water Code
§ 11.155, which directed the TWDB to work with appropriate interested persons to conduct studies of ASR and aquifer recharge projects in the state water plan, or identified by others, and report the results of these studies to the regional water planning groups and interested persons. 
 
Meeting Details
Thursday, May 19, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CDT
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Webinar Hosts
Andrea Croskrey, P.G.
Andrea is the project lead for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer characterization for eastern Gonzales and parts of Caldwell and Guadalupe counties project. She is a geoscientist in the Innovative Water Technologies Department at the TWDB and is the ASR discipline lead. She holds a bachelor of science in comprehensive geology from Northwest Missouri State University and a master of science in geosciences from Western Kentucky University. She has been a licensed professional geologist since 2015.
Brian Perkins, P.E.
Brian is the deputy executive manager of engineering with the GBRA. His duties include strategic water supply planning, development and implementation of large-scale water infrastructure, analysis and implementation of environmental strategies, and negotiation of water supply agreements. Brian has over 23 years of experience leading conceptual and feasibility water supply studies and water rights analyses in Texas and across the U.S. and Mexico. He holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky and serves as the internal project manager for the implementation of the Mid-Basin Water Supply Project.
James Golab, Ph.D., P.G.
James is a coauthor on the project. He is a geoscientist with the Innovative Water Technologies Department at the TWDB. He holds a bachelor of science in geology from Mercyhurst University, a master of science in geology from the Colorado School of Mines, and a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Kansas. He has been a licensed water operator since 2018 and a licensed professional geologist since 2021.
Daniel Collazo
Daniel is a coauthor on the project. He is a hydrologist with the Innovative Water Technologies Department at the TWDB. He holds a bachelor of science in geology from the University of Florida and a master of science in geoscience from Colorado State University.
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