Workforce in Texas 59,000: geoscience employees (non-federal/self-employed) in 20151 $103,500: average median geoscience employee salary1 270,000: jobs in extractive industries in 20152 80: academic geoscience departments3 Water in Texas 7.7 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal4 17 billion gallons/day: total surface water withdrawal4 4 billion gallons/day: public water supply withdrawal4 6.8 million gallons/day: irrigation water withdrawal4 680 million gallons/day: self-supplied industrial fresh water withdrawal4 90% of the population is served by public water supplies4 174 counties in 2015, and 11 counties in 2016, designated as primary natural disaster areas caused by drought5 275 USGS stream gages in Texas6 Energy and Minerals Production in Texas $4.8 [...]

In December, 2016, the Texas Section of AIPG began an online survey of Texas membership about career opportunities and choices. We asked Texas members to tell us what subjects they needed most to improve/broaden their careers. We indicated that we would then search for online resources addressing the top three areas of interest. For more on the survey, click here. The results of the survey indicated the top three interest areas were: Petroleum Geology - Principally concerned with the evaluation of seven key elements applicable in the search for hydrocarbons: source, reservoir, seal, trap, maturation and migration. Hydrogeology / Groundwater Resource [...]