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Water Center

The Davis College Water Center provides connections between departments, colleges, and with other universities and partners in order to protect the lifeblood of our world: water.

Supporting Water Research

The Davis College Water Center provides a platform for communicating information and opportunities for cooperation focusing on water-resource activities. This platform recognizes the key role of water in sustaining the livelihood of humanity and the health of natural resources in the semiarid region of West Texas and the world.

VISION

Nationally and internationally recognized center for developing field-relevant solutions to enhance resilience to climatic changes that are predicted to negatively impact Texas and US agriculture

MISSION

A dynamic trans-disciplinary team will develop, deploy, and standardize water conserving technologies that will enhance agricultural productivity and extend the lifespan of the Ogallala aquifer

GOALS

Establish an economically feasible, environmentally safe, and producer friendly package of interconnected technologies to sustain agricultural productivity under current and future uncertain climate

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How it Works

support

The foundational purpose of the Water Center is to support research which focuses on the future of our water resources. This support comes in the form of access to research funding and resources for faculty partners.

innovate

The innovative research supported by the Water Center is carried out by member institutes and faculty. These projects are pushing forward our understanding of the key roles water plays in sustaining the livelihood of humanity, agriculture, and the environment as a whole.

impact

Research that remains between the pages of a journal rarely changes the world. The outreach and education deployed by the Water Center puts information, practices, and technologies out into the world in order to actively build an economically feasible and environmentally sustainable future.

Interested in joining the Water Center?

If you are conducting research which aligns with the center's mission, you could be eligible to access unique funding and support opportunities. To learn more, reach out to Krishna Jagadish, Water Center Director.

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Projects

Our research, education, and engagement activities address a wide spectrum of water issues pertaining to agriculture and the environment. Such issues include crop and animal improvement; soil water-plant-atmospheric sensors; ecosystems, natural resources, and modeling; forage, rangeland, and livestock; and economics and rural development.

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News & Events

See where our work is making headlines and keep up with meetings, field days, and more opportunities to network with the people working to conserve our water resources:

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Research Areas

Cutting edge genetic and genomic approaches employed to develop water use efficient crops for the region. Employ efficient management practices for productive use of water to sustain crop and animal productivity under current and future uncertain climatic conditions.

Meet the Crop & Animal Improvement researchers

Rapid advances in sensing and measuring soil water, atmospheric variables and plant responses present the opportunity to develop new and efficient irrigation management systems. Utilizing an array of soil water-plant-atmospheric sensors will provide a robust framework for developing modeling tools to determine water conserving management options for current and future climatic conditions.

Meet the Soil Water-Plant-Atmospheric Sensors researchers

Develop new approaches to effectively utilize natural resources for marine productivity, stream and river ecology, fisheries, wildlife restoration and recreational opportunities. Integrate climate and hydrological models supported by advances in virtual reality to elevate the ecosystem service outcomes to better manage natural resources and wildlife at local and regional scales.

Meet the Ecosystems, Natural Resources, and Modeling researchers

Climate resilient grazing and silage options developed through improved drought tolerant forages, year-long grazing thorough introduction of perennial cereals, and explore new legume-grass mix combinations for resource efficient forage-pasture-livestock systems for the Southern High Plains.

Meet the Forage, Rangeland, and Livestock researchers

An integrated socio-economic framework to understand the bottlenecks for adoption of advanced water conserving technology, focusing on the domains of economic sustainability and human behavioral dynamics. Develop and disseminate recommendations and strategies to catalyze adoption of innovative water conserving technologies and climate resilient production systems under water limited environments.

Meet the Economics & Rural Development researchers

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Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources

  • Address

    P.O. Box 42123, Lubbock, Texas 79409-2123, Dean’s Office Location: Goddard Building, Room 108

  • Phone

    (806)742-2808
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