Technical Completion Report 369, “Exploring Policy Alternatives for Controlling Nitrate Pollution from New Mexico’s Dairies”, by Jingjing Wang and Janak Raj Joshi, Department of Economics, New Mexico State University is now available online.
Technical Completion Report 368, “Drought, Salinity, and Invasive Plants: A New Model for Sustainable Water Management”, by Geno A. Picchioni and Triston N. Hooks, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences; Brian J. Schutte, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science; David L. Daniel, Department of Applied Statistics at New Mexico State University is now available online.
In 2014, New Mexico’s State Legislature funded a New Mexico Universities Working Group to look at the state’s water supply vulnerabilities. The Group was asked to (1) assess the current status of water supply and demand after years of severe drought in New Mexico; (2) put the current drought into long-term context with reduced surface water, groundwater depletions, and economic activity; and (3) develop a list of vulnerabilities and promote policy strategies to mitigate these vulnerabilities. The research focused on the Lower Rio Grande.
Researchers from all three research universities in New Mexico participated in the study and included both water and social scientists. The Group included Janie Chermak, UNM Professor of Economics; David Gutzler, UNM Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences; Peggy Johnson, Principal Hydrogeologist with NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources at NM Tech; J. Phillip King, NMSU John Clark Distinguished Professor in the Civil Engineering Department; and UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research Professor Lee Reynis. The researchers were assisted by several undergraduate and graduate students.
The Groups Final Report to the Interim Committee on Water and Natural Resources was presented in August 31, 2015. The report includes an executive summary with Key Findings, Recommendations, and Principal Vulnerabilities. Click Here to view the report.
Technical Completion Report 367, “Use of the DRASTIC Model to Evaluate Groundwater Pollution Sensitivity from On-Site Waterwater Systems in the Mesilla Basin”, by J. Steven Walker and Sam Fernald, NM Water Resources Research Institute, and Christopher Brown, Geography Department, New Mexico State University is now available online.
Technical Completion Report 366, “Validation, Calibration, and Improvement of Remote Sensing ET Algorithms in Mountainous Regions Using Scintillometers”, by Jan M.H. Hendrickx, Hydrology Program, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech and Jan Kleissl, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego (Formerly at Hydrology Program Department of Earth & Environmental Science New Mexico Tech)
Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students eligible!
Proposal Due September 11, 2015
Students enrolled full-time in a degree program at an New Mexico educational institution are eligible for water related research grants of up to $6,000.
Projects will start October 1, 2015.
For more information and proposal guidelines Click Here.
Closing Date: 5:00 p.m., November 16, 2015
RFP available at FY 2016 NM WRRI Faculty Directed Graduate Student Research Program
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) announces the availability of U.S. Geological Survey 104B grant funds. These funds are made available through the Water Resources Research Act to support research that improves management of the waters of the state of New Mexico. For Fiscal Year 2016, NM WRRI anticipates funding two $30,000 grants with 104B funds. The final number of funded projects is contingent on funding.
Funding is intended primarily to support graduate students. Proposals are welcomed from any academic discipline; they must identify a significant water resources problem and conduct applied or basic research that will be part of the proposed solution. Principal investigators must hold tenure-track positions at a New Mexico university. For this funding cycle, proposals are sought in two priority topic areas:
• integrated statewide water budget processes and components
• water planning and management
• water quality projects
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Coloring Outside the Lines:Can Science Help Us Be Creative and Innovative in Managing Our Water?
Join us this fall for the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute’s 60th annual conference. New Mexico’s premier annual water conference will be held in the beautiful and friendly town of Taos on October 8-9, 2015. The conference program promises to be a catalyst that encourages discussion about the relationship between our water supply challenges and our management opportunities and constraints. We expect over 250 participants at this year’s conference representing academia, local, state and federal agencies as well as tribal leaders, attorneys, representatives of community water interests, and many other stakeholders. To register for the conference click here: 60th WRRI Water Conference Website
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Technical Completion Report 366, “Validation, Calibration, and Improvement of Remote Sensing ET Algorithms in Mountainous Regions Using Scintillometers”, by Jan M.H. Hendrickx, Hydrology Program, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech and Jan Kleissl, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego (Formerly at Hydrology Program Department of Earth & Environmental Science New Mexico Tech)