Urban Water Program

The Urban Water Program office at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas combines many water conservation and quality professionals. We focus on the following components and can help you with these needs in your community.

Water Management for Urban Landscapes

• Lawn and landscape water conservation
• Irrigation system design and management
• Rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, and wetlands
• In-home water conservation
• Use of SWAT, APEX, and other hydrologic and water quality models to assess alternative development, management and regulatory options at the watershed, city, and development/community scales
• Be a Dribble. Conserve.SM water conservation education campaign
• Elementary school, TAKS-linked water instruction
• Protecting our urban streams and reservoirs from erosion and sedimentation
• Water and nutrient (fertilization) management in urban landscapes
• Resource-EfficientTM, EarthKind®, WaterWise, Texas SmartScape® landscapes
• Use and management of alternate (reclaimed, recycled, poor quality) irrigation water sources for urban landscapes

Educational Gardens and Landscapes

• Design and development of Resource-EfficientTM, EarthKind®, WaterWise, Texas SmartScape® gardens and landscapes
• Texas Master Gardener and Master Naturalist training
• Design and development of "theme" gardens (meditation, scent, butterfly, water, rose, shade, native plant, heritage gardens)

Our Urban Water Program Team:

Clint Wolfe, Grant and Program Coordinator
Dotty Woodson, PhD, Extension Program Specialist, Water Resources
Fouad Jaber, PhD, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Integrated Water Resources Management
David Waidler, Research Associate, Watershed Coordinator
Sandhya Mohnan, Research Assistant