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At 1 pm today, check out an interview with Zulimar Lucena, Supv. Hydrologist with the , on KPRC2 Houston Life. Zulimar will discuss sampling 🌊🧪 in Galveston Bay and its tributaries -- work being done in collaboration with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Galveston Bay Estuary Program (GBEP) and UHCL Environmental Institute of Houston.

Lots of 💧 📈 flooding and stream related science being discussed at Texas Floodplain Management Association Technical Summit this week! This afternoon, check out Sam Wallace's presentation on the Flood-Decision Support Toolbox (FDST) and August Schultz's presentation on for Texas. More information on the FDST can be found here: https://webapps.usgs.gov/infrm/fdst/. More information on StreamStats can be found here: https://streamstats.usgs.gov/ss/