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Texas Water Resource Institute is part of a national network of Institutes created by the Water Resources Research Act of 1964. Institutes are located at land-grant colleges and universities in the United States and its Territories so that they can benefit from the academic resources at the universities to address state and regional issues.
 The Southern Region Water Quality Program brings together in one website the collective resources for Land Grant Universities in 13 states and provides specific links to critical water information and databases hosted by other agencies. The website features a region-wide publications search capability, flexible GIS tools and environmental data for individual states and the region, and regional and state summaries for seven major water resource issues: drinking water and human health, environmental restoration, waste management, nutrient and pesticide management, pollution assessment and prevention, watershed management, and water quantity and policy.
 In response to community requests gathered through the Texas Community Futures Forum, Texas Cooperative Extension tailors water education programs to local needs through county extension offices and regional extension research centers. For example, a comprehensive educational campaign in a twenty-one county region including Bexar and Travis Counties, Water 2000 Plus, helps residents better understand and manage water resources.
The Rio Grande Basin Initiative is a joint effort among Texas Cooperative Extension and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program and the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station of the New Mexico State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics. In fiscal year 2001, Congress appropriated funds for targeted research and Extension activities in the basin, to be administered through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The overall goal of the Rio Grande Basin Initiative is to ensure efficient use of the available water resources for meeting a large component of the water demand along the Rio Grande Basin of Texas and New Mexico.
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