1. Website: http://waterprogram.tamu.edu

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Graduate Education
• Master degrees (2)
• Doctoral degree
Integrative Research Faculty
• Topical Teams
• Water quality, quantity, distribution
Outreach Education
•Seminar Series
•Conferences
•Websites

6. Water Degrees
•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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. OUR AMAZING WATER FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS
Agricultural Water Management Coastal Studies Climate
Variability/Change Contaminant Detection, Transport &
Treatment Ecohydrology
Economics
Hydrology Hydrogeology Infomatics and Geographic Information
Systems Modeling (Groundwater) Modeling/Surface
Water Riparian/Stream Restoration Stormwater Management Water
Conservation Water Management/Policy Analysis Watershed
Management Water Resources Planning Wetlands

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

14. OUR STUDENT UNDERGRADUATE BACKGROUNDS
• Civil engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Geology
• Environmental science
• Wildlife sciences
• Aquatic biology
• Soil science
• Hydrology
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Agriculture
• Business
• Diplomacy

15. 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

16. 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

17. OUTREACH EDUCATION PROGRAM
1. Targeted Education Programs
• Annual Water Conference
• Groundwater Conferences
2. Websites: http://texaswater.tamu.edu
3. Targeted Publications

18. 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