WRRI Report 355, Sustainable Recovery of Potable Water from Saline Waters by N. Nirmala Khandan and Veera Gnaneswar Gude is now available online.
will be held this year in Alamogordo, NM on December 13-14, 2011. The title of the conference is “New Water New Energy: A Conference Linking Desalination and Renewable Energy.” To register for the conference please follow this link: http://wrri.research.nmsu.edu
is now available online at https://nmwrri.nmsu.edu/?p=491
The focus of the conference, titled Lakes, Rivers, Groundwater, and Coastal Areas: Understanding Linkages, is on lake and reservoir systems and their hydrological linkages to upstream and downstream river systems. Organizers have designed the conference to provide an interactive international forum for the exchange of knowledge and experiences related to lakes and the water systems that support them.
by Jared Andersen from KRWG. It contains footage of NMSU and NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP) student participation in measuring flows in Rio Hondo in northern New Mexico. Also, there is an interview with one of our collaborators, former Taos county agent Rey Torres. Several participants of the Coupled Natural & Human Systems (CNH) group were also interviewed along with people from different institutions regarding water scarcity issues in New Mexico. The link to watch the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HIHJ3elW98&feature=channel_video_title
is congressionally authorized to conduct binational scientific research to access systematically priority transboundary aquifers in the border region. Investigations are being conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey and border Water Resources Research Institutes in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and in collaboration with appropriate state agencies, stakeholders, Mexican counterparts, and the International Boundary and Water Commission. A report has been prepared by the USGS.; Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System; New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute; National Water Commission, Geological Service, Mexico; and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), U.S. and Mexico. The report entitled Hydrogeological Activities in the Conejos-Medanos/Mesilla Basin Aquifer, Chihuahua, Phase I and accompanying Appendices are available online.
The IBWC-U.S. Section currently is preparing a webpage for the program, which will post these and future reports.
has published an interesting article on a Sacramento Mountains Hydrogeology Study: How Geology and Climate Affect our Water Resources. Follow the link http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/earthmatters/11/EMV11N1.pdf to view the article.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers requests proposals for grants to support applied investigations in select topic areas. Proposals may request up to $200,000 in federal funds for projects that will conclude with a final paper by August 1, 2013. Up to four awards are expected to be made and there is no matching funds requirement for these awards. Awards will be made to Water Resources Research Institutes so please contact NMWRRI Director Sam Fernald (575-646-4337; fernald@ad.nmsu.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in this opportunity. Deadline is August 1, 2011.
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute will host a retirement reception for Erin Ward from 3-4:30 p.m. at the institute (Stucky Hall on Espina Street at NMSU). Erin retired April 30 after 17 years of continuous service to NMSU, culminating with the title of director of border projects within the Water Resources Research Institute. A brief presentation will begin at 3:15 p.m. For more information call Annette at 575-646-4337.