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NM WRRI provides support for water-related research through its Faculty Water Research Grant Program. Funds are made available through the Institute’s federal base grant (Section 104B of the Water Resources Research Act – [Public Law 109-471]) and through state appropriations. These “seed money” projects allow New Mexico university faculty to pursue critical areas of water resources research while providing training opportunities for their students. The grants generally provide about $30,000 per project. The grants help faculty to explore and develop research ideas that can attract more substantial outside funding. Grants are available to tenure track faculty members in any department at one of the state’s six research universities (UNM, NM Tech, NMSU, NMHU, WNMU, and ENMU).
Communities with exceptional water scarcity, including some in New Mexico, are considering planned potable reuse to meet future water needs. The objective of this project is to fill the knowledge gaps using a large, urban New Mexican community as a case study. The research will contribute to the literature and lay the foundation for future research, which will ultimately provide a transformative set of tools for planning and decision-making with respect to planned potable reuse in arid, inland communities.
This project aims to produce a new type of porous monolith that is capable of adsorbing arsenic from drinking water. The monolith will have practical advantages over commercially available methods. Eventually the hope is to produce a new generation of economical adsorbents for arsenic and heavy metal removal from water resources.
The study will develop an innovative microbial capacitive deionization cell (MCDC) to simultaneously remove organic substances and salts from produced water so it can be recycled and reused. Moreover, compared to other energy intensive systems, MCDC uses bacteria to convert biodegradable pollutants into direct electricity, which offsets operation energy use or supplies additional energy for other systems. Investigators will develop novel modular systems for produced water treatment using advanced carbon materials as electrodes, and optimize reactor configuration to improve the removal of solutes in the reactor. The proposed system can be used as a standalone process or as pretreatment for membrane desalination processes to reduce energy consumption and fouling potential.
This project will implement a methodology to estimate statewide water budgets based on streamflow time-series because they integrate watershed processes and flowpaths that operate at different spatial and temporal scales. This research complements and further develops and implements a parsimonious and pseudo real-time methodology that allows estimates of statewide water budgets. The key product of this research is the characterization of watershed-fluxes of precipitation and evapotranspiration as well as the rainless conditions that prevail during most of the hydrologic year in New Mexico. Hypotheses will be tested in four major NM basins: Canadian River, Rio Grande, Gila River, and the Pecos River.
Draft Technical Completion Report
The project will produce a white paper that illuminates the potential impacts of alternative policies for controlling nitrate pollution from New Mexico’s dairies. The paper will be aimed at policymakers and will include ample simulations of the policy impacts on nitrate pollution control and farm incomes.
Draft Technical Completion Report
The project will survey drought responses made in law and policy within New Mexico, across the West, and in other arid parts of the world. The objective is to provide meaningful water law and policy options for New Mexico lawmakers that can be successfully implemented in New Mexico to promote water conservation and efficiency.
Draft Technical Completion Report
The water budget estimation requires accurate knowledge of interactions between surface water including irrigation water and precipitation, crop water uptake, deep percolation, and recharge to groundwater. This project’s objectives are to analyze fluctuations of water table on a monthly basis along the Rio Grande river south of Garfield NM down to Fabens, TX and develop a model that describes the influence of the river and canal systems on the water aquifers; analyze fluctuations in groundwater quality by collecting water samples from over 50 observation wells and river water; and develop a preliminary water budget for the experimental area and identify the influence of surface and groundwater interaction on water quality.
Technical Completion Report No. 372
The study will look at data that will reveal the importance of soil water sodicity assessment as a predictive tool for assessing risk of lands to invasive and weedy plants. This metric is of significant value to the diverse stakeholders in predicting plant invasions before they become a problem.
This research is expected to open new lines of inquiry into the water quality effects of wildfire. The study will measure the black carbon concentration in depositional zones of three recently burned watersheds in New Mexico (Whitewater Baldy fire in the Gila National Forest, Little Bear fire in Lincoln National Forest, and the Las Conchas fire in the Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandolier National Monument). The PI will test for the presence of certain contaminants found by previous researchers to be associated with wildfires. It will identify the relative importance of mass movement and overland or river flow in transporting pyrogenic black carbon through recently burned semi-arid watersheds by identifying the dominant depositional zones – floodplains, river banks, or depositional debris fans.
The primary objective of the study is to provide hydrogeologic information in digital GIS formats at scales appropriate for development of the groundwater-flow and hydrochemical models needed to support water-resource planning and management in the binational Mesilla Basin-Paso del Norte region. The area of extensive and locally-thick basin-fill aquifer systems proposed for digital characterization includes the entire Mesilla Basin, the Rincon and Mesilla Valleys of the Rio Grande, and adjacent parts of the southern Jornada (del Muerto) and Palomas Basins that are located between Caballo Dam and El Paso/Ciudad Juarez.
Karst aquifers supply water to 25% of the United States, and almost all water to some regions, e.g., 90% of Florida’s population. Much of the southern New Mexico Pecos Watershed is karst. The proposed mathematical models and field project are designed to illuminate karst conduit to matrix water exchanges and their role in a wide variety of natural and anthropogenic (bio)geochemical processes, including contaminant transport and sequestration in karst aquifers. These issues are of concern to water supply, water quality, and environmental agencies and interest groups at the local, state and federal level.
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When funds are made available, usually through the New Mexico State Legislature, the NM WRRI supports the Student Water Research Grant Program. These awards support the training of New Mexico’s future water experts through grants to university students throughout the state for their water-related research projects.
Student Water Research Grants are intended to help students initiate research projects or to supplement existing student research projects in water resources research. Budgets typically include expenditures for student salaries, supplies, sample analysis costs, field equipment, travel to field sites, and travel to present results at professional meetings. Student grant recipients work under the guidance of a faculty advisor. During FY20, awards of up to $7,100 were made for typically one-year projects.
Full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in any degree program at one of the eight New Mexico Public Education Institutions (New Mexico State University, University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, Eastern New Mexico University, Western New Mexico University, New Mexico Highlands University, Northern New Mexico College, and Diné College) are eligible to apply. The NM WRRI announces a Call for Proposals when grants will be available.
| eNews Article | Final Report | Additional Documents | Full Title | Authors |
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| March 2022 | Final Report | Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Using Modified Clays | Wijayalath Kodige Nimasha Lakshani Abeykoon, Civil Engineering, NMSU, MS (Advisor: Dr. Yanyan Zhang) | |
| April 2022 | Final Report | Wastewater treatment and water recycling through use of byproducts from hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste | Hengameh Bayat, Chemical and Material Engineering, NMSU, PhD (Advisor: Dr. Catherine Brewer) | |
| February 2022 | Final Report | Hydrogeochemical Analysis of Springs in the Cibola National Forest: Implications for Springs/Wetlands Sustainability & Geochemical Response to Forest Fire | Naomi T. Delay, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UNM, MS (Advisor: Dr. Laura J. Crossey) | |
| November 2021 | Final Report | Template Report Format | A Comparative Overview of Legal Frameworks and Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the Nile and Rio Grande Basins | Stephen D. Earsom, School of Law, UNM, JD (Advisor: Dr. Adrian Oglesby) |
| June 2021 | Coming Soon | Techno-Economic Analysis to Determine Cost of Atmospheric Water Capture Technologies | Natalie Gayoso, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, UNM, MS (Advisor: Dr. Anjali Mulchandani) | |
| October 2021 | Final Report | Determination of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in groundwater around the WIPP site | Rong He, Chemical and Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD (Advisor: Dr. Meng Zhou) | |
| December 2021 | Final Report | Occupancy and detection of Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) on the Pecos River | Laramie Mahan, Biology, ENMU, MS (Advisor: Dr. Ivana Mali) | |
| January 2022 | Final Report | Sediment Transport Management in New Mexico’s Water Systems Using CFD Platform Flow 3-D Code | Saman Mostafazadeh-Fard, Civil Engineering, NMSU, PhD (Advisor: Dr. Zohrab Samani) | |
| September 2021 | Final Report | Nesting Ecology of the Rio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) on the Black River, New Mexico | Francisco Rodriguez, Biology, ENMU, MS (Advisor: Dr. Ivana Mali) | |
| July 2021 | Coming Soon | Living with Water-Insecurity: How do people adapt and cope with poor water quality and access? | Hailey Taylor, Anthropology, NMSU, MS (Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Olszowy) | |
| August 2021 | Final Report | Quantifying groundwater to surface water exchanges in the Belen reach of the MRGCD | Ethan Williams, NMT, (Advisor: Dr. Alex Rinehart) |
| eNews Article | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| February 2021 | Final Report | The effect of concentration and composition on PFAS adsorption at air-water interface | Zahra Abbasian, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Reza Foudazi) |
| March 2021 | Final Report | Water Quality Monitoring of the Upper Pecos River; Protecting the Pecos with Baseline Data | Megan Begay, Natural Resources Management, NMHU, BS; (Dr. Jennifer Lindline) |
| April 2021 | Final Report | Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Potable Water from Produced Water | Lin Chen, Civil Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Frank Ramos) |
| September 2020 | Final Report | Transport and biogeochemical controls on nutrient retention along stream corridors | Jancoba Dorley, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, UNM, PhD; (Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon) |
| March 2021 | Final Report | Solar reforming of microplastics in water for H2 production and degradation using nanocomposite photocatalysts | Thiloka Edirisooriya, Civil Engineering, NMSU, MS; (Dr. Huiyao Wang) |
| August 2020 | Final Report | Development of The Navigator: A smart sensing system to characterize aquatic ecosystems | Aashish Khandelwal, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, UNM, PhD; (Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon) |
| December 2020 | Final Report | Environmental Chemistry of the Upper Pecos River; Understanding Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Water Quality | Letisha Mailboy, Natural Resources Management, NMHU, BS; (Dr. Jennifer Lindline) |
| November 2020 | Final Report | Evaluation of Heavy Metal Adsorption onto Microplastics | Jasmine Anne Quiambao, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, UNM, MS; (Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Estrella) |
| October 2020 | Final Report | Investigating the effects of flow on growth and survival of larval pelagic-spawning minnows of the Pecos River, NM | Richard Raymondi, Biology, ENMU, MS; (Dr. Jesse Filbrun) |
| May 2021 | Final Report | Assessment of the cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (cHABs) and toxins in the blooming water bodies of New Mexico | Sergei Shalygin, Plant & Environmental Science, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. F. Omar Holguin) |
| May 2021 | Final Report | Improving Green Water Use Proportion in a Center Pivot Irrigation System by Using Circular Grass Buffer Strips | Paramveer Singh,Plant & Environmental Science, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Sangu Angadi) |
| January 2021 | Final Report | Improving Continuous Sediment Monitoring in an Ephemeral Arroyo in Central NM | Kyle Stark, Earth and Environmental Science, NMT, PhD; (Dr. Daniel Cadol) |
| July 2020 | Final Report | Exploring surface water as the reservoir of CRE infecting patients in SE New Mexico | Kasandra Velarde, Biology, NMT, BS; (Dr. Linda DeVeaux) |
| April 2021 | Final Report | Evaluating Soil Lead Bioavailability in Agricultural Fields across Animas Watershed | Bianca Wright, Plant & Environmental Science, NMSU, BS; (Dr. April Ulery) |
| August 2020 | Final Report | Bioderived PolyHIPE Hydrogels Designed for Improving Water Scarcity Solutions | Ryan Zowada, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Reza Foudazi) |
| eNews Article | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| August 2019 | Final Report | Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment of the Rio Mora at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge, Mora County, NM | Johnson Adio, Natural Resources Management, NMHU, MS; (Dr. Jennifer Lindline) |
| March 2020 | Final Report | Domestic Wastewater Treatment Using Algal Systems in Winter Climate | Isuru Sachitra Abeysiriwardana Arachchige, Civil Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Nirmalakhandan) |
| November 2019 | Final Report | Electrochemical-Assisted Ultrafiltration Membranes for Simultaneous Removal of As, Cd and Cr | Alireza Bandegi, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Reza Foudazi) |
| July 2020 | Final Report | Wastewater Treatment Using Food Waste Char Obtained from Hydrothermal Liquefaction as a Low-Cost Adsorbent Material | Hengameh Bayat, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Umakanta Jena) |
| June 2020 | Final Report | Determine the Usefulness of Surface Water as a Proxy for Precipitation in a Semi-Arid, Mountainous Environment | Victoria Blumenberg, Animal & Range Sciences, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Michaela Buenemann) |
| June 2020 | Final Report | Surface Area of a Local Clay Material to Elucidate Uranium Abatement for Potable New Mexico Water Management | Moticha M. Franklin, Chemistry & Biochemistry, NMSU, BS; (Dr. Antonio S. Lara) |
| October 2019 | Not Available | A Survey: New Mexicans’ Willingness to Pay for Produced Water Treatment for Beneficial Re-Use | Alyssa Latuchie, Economics, UNM, PhD; (Dr. Janie Chermak) |
| February 2020 | Final Report | Tracking CRE in the Rio Grande: Determining Correlation Between the Appearance of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Surface Waters and Local Infection Rates | Kimberly McNair, Biology, NM Tech, MS; (Dr. Linda DeVeaux) |
| Not Available | Final Report | Developing a 2/3D Model for Improving Fertigation Scheduling Under Salinity Stress for Pecan | Esmaiil Mokari, Plant & Environmental Sciences, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Manoj Shukla) |
| May 2020 | Final Report | Assessment of Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) Formation in Algae-Treated Wastewater for Safer Reuse in Unrestricted Applications | Srimali Preethika Munasinghe-Arachchige, Civil Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Nirmalakhandan) |
| September 2019 | Final Report | Enhanced Water Recovery and Membrane Scaling Mitigation for Desalination Using Innovative Electromagnetic Field (EMF) and 3D Printed Open Flow Channel Membranes | Juliano Penteado de Almeida, Civil Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Pei Xu) |
| April 2020 | Final Report | Herbicide Phytotoxicity Under Drought Conditions in Warm and Cool Season Turfgrass | Jackson Powers, Plant & Environmental Sciences, NMSU, MS; (Dr. Ryan Goss) |
| May 2020 | Final Report | Modeling Rainfall-Runoff Relationships in Conjunction with Sediment Transport Measurements in Ephemeral Channels | Madeline Richards, Earth & Environmental Sciences, NM Tech, MS; (Dr. Daniel Cadol) |
| January 2020 | Final Report | Monitoring Toxic Metal Uptake by Corn Grown in Agricultural Fields Across Animas and San Juan Rivers | Michael Whiting (Gaurav Jha, student mentor), Geology, NMSU, MS; (Dr. April Ulery) |
| April 2020 | Final Report | Wasterwater-Treatment Algae-Derived Hydrochar for Heavy Metal Adsorption and Recycling | Jiuling Yu, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Hongmei Luo) |
| December 2019 | Final Report | Design of Optimized Produced Water Treatment Units for the Agricultural Irrigation | Muchu Zhou, Chemical & Materials Engineering, NMSU, PhD; (Dr. Reza Foudazi) |
| eNews Article | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| July 2019 | Final Report | Recyclable monolithic aerogels as efficient adsorbents for chromium VI removal from rural ground-water resources | Zahra Abbasian, NMSU, PhD student (Reza Foudazi) |
| August 2018 | Final Report | Potable Water Recovery Through Energy Efficient Algal Wastewater Treatment and Hybrid Membrane Processes | Chathurika Bandara, NMSU, PhD student (Nirmala Khandan) |
| September 2018 | Final Report | The Everyday Politics of Irrigated Agriculture and an Uncertain Future | Holly Brause, UNM, PhD student (David Dinwoodie) |
| July 2018 | Final Report | Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment: the effects of different treatment methods on the differential survival of antibiotic resistant pathogens over non-resistant bacteria through the treatment process of two different wastewater treatment plants | Angelica Cave, NM Tech, master’s student (Linda DeVeaux) |
| November 2018 | Final Report | Water Reuse and Desalination with Self-cleaning Photocatalytic Membrane Distillation | Lin Chen, NMSU, PhD student (Pei Xu) |
| December 2018 | Final Report | Developing new strategies to mitigate antimicrobial resistance for safe water reuse | Xiaoxiao Cheng, NMSU, PhD student (Yanyan Zhang) |
| June 2019 | Final Report | Energy and Nutrient Recovery from Co-Solvent Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Wastewater-Grown Algae | Zheng Cui, NMSU, PhD student (Catherine Brewer) |
| January 2019 | Final Report | Gold King Mine Spill: Contaminant Removal of San Juan County Rivers via Phytoremediation | Jason Fechner, NMSU, bachelor’s student (April Ulery) |
| October 2018 | Final Report | Historic and Ancient Ditch Irrigation Inform Current Systems: A Cross Cultural Comparison from Creekside Village of Tularosa, New Mexico | Christine Gilbertson, ENMU, master’s student (John Montgomery) |
| March 2019 | Final Report | Surface Water Quality Implications of Valles Caldera Geothermal Fluids on Jemez Watershed: A Holistic Hydrogeochemical Investigation | Jon K. Golla, UNM, master’s student (Laura J. Crossey) |
| April 2019 | Final Report | Ecological responses in a river with more and less water: a case study of the highly managed Chama River, New Mexico” | Monika Hobbs, UNM, master’s program (Rebecca Bixby) |
| February 2019 | Final Report | Recovery of Ammonium and Magnesium from Produced Water by Struvite Precipitation | Lei Hu, NMSU, PhD student (Yanyan Zhang) |
| September 2018 | Final Report | An efficient forecasting of hydrologic extremes under climate change | Khandaker Islam, NMSU, PhD student (Christopher Brown) |
| March 2019 | Final Report | Speciation of metal(loids) in agricultural field soils impacted by Animas/San Juan River after the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill | Gaurav Jha, NMSU, PhD student (April Ulery) |
| June 2018 | Final Report | Further Investigation of the Complex Hydrology at La Cienega, Santa Fe County, NM | Ryan Mann, NMHU, master’s degree (Jennifer Lindline) |
| April 2019 | Final Report | Optimizing fertilizer application and leaching under abiotic stresses within and below the Root Zone of Pecan Orchards | Esmaiil Mokarighahroodi, NMSU, PhD student (Manoj Shukla) |
| November 2018 | Final Report | Mineralogical and Kinetic Considerations for Uranium Leaching | Alexandra Pearce, NM Tech, PhD student (Kierran Maher) |
| May 2019 | Final Report | Herbicide Phytotoxicity Under Drought Conditions in Warm and Cool Season Turfgrass | Jackson Powers, NMSU, master’s student (Ryan Goss) |
| February 2019 | Final Report | Preparing a sediment monitoring station on an ephemeral channel for summer monsoon flows | Kyle Stark, NM Tech, master’s student (Daniel Cadol) |
| May 2019 | Final Report | Hydroelectric management on the Rio Chama: examining costs and benefits from nonconsumptive flow management between the El Vado and Abiquiu reservoirs | Suzanne Stradling, UNM, PhD student (Janie Chermak) |
| January 2019 | Final Report | Monitoring basking activity and assessing water conditions in relation to basking of Rio Grande cooters along the Black River | Thanchira Suriyamongkol, ENMU, master’s student (Ivana Mali) |
| eNews Article | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| November 2016 | Final Report | Characterization of Pathogenic Bacterial Regrowth and Impairment Potential along the Rio Grande near Albuquerque | James Fluke (Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon) UNM, Civil Engineering, MS |
| Final Report | Improved Meteorological Infrastructure for Water Management in the Middle and Lower Rio Grande, New Mexico | Garrett Gibson (Salim Bawazir) NMSU, Civil Engineering, BS | |
| February 2017 | Final Report | Economic Impact of Water Conservation, Storage Capacity Development, and Crop Diversity in the Tucumcari Project of East-Central New Mexico | Befekadu Habteyes (Frank Ward) NMSU, Ag Economics and Ag Business, PhD |
| March 2017 | Final Report | Integrated geological, geophysical, and hydrological study of field-scale fault-zone cementation and permeability | Johnny Hinojosa (Peter Mozley) NMTech, Earth and Environmental Science, MS |
| November 2017 | Final Report | Monitoring water quality parameters within a known range of Western River Cooters (Pseudemys gorzugi) within Black River Drainage | Andrew Letter (Ivana Mali) NSMU, Geography, MS |
| July 2017 | Final Report | Post Wildfire Geomorphic and Hydrological Effects in the Upper Santa Fe Municipal Watershed | Manuel Lopez (Daniel Dugas) ENMU, Biology, MS |
| Final Report | Uranium Abatement for Contaminated, Limited Water Resources Using Clay Pellets | Nhat Nguyen (Antonio Lara) NMSU, Chemistry and Biochemistry, BS/BA | |
| July 2017 | Final Report | Investigation of soil composition from burned areas affecting water quality changes following wildfires | Amanda Otieno (Rebecca Bixby) UNM, Biology/Water Resources Program, MS |
| June 2017 | Final Report | Developing the Water-Budget and Calculating the Recharge for the Mesilla Bolson Aquifer | Pooneh Pahlavani (Zohrab Samani) NMSU, Civil Engineering, MS |
| October 2017 | Final Report | Solar Energy Assisted Water Purification: Incorporation of an Environmentally Benign Porous Graphitized Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalyst with Graphitized Polyacrylonitrile (g-PAN) for Efficient Oxidation of Toxic Arsenite [As(III)] | Stephanie Richins (Hongmai Luo) NMSU, Chemical and Materials Engineering, BS |
| August 2017 | Final Report | Effects of NRCS and BLM Conservation Practices on Plant and Soil Biological Communities and Hydrologic Processes in the Rio Puerco Watershed | Jeremy Schallner (Amy Ganguli) NMSU, Animal and Range Sciences, MS |
| September 2017 | Final Report | A lab and pilot scale comparison of attached growth and suspended culture for the algal remediation of arsenic from water | Chase Stearnes (Andrew Schuler) UNM, Civil Engineering, BS |
| September 2017 | Final Report | Gila National Forest Stream Temperature and Intermittency Monitoring Network for Species of Special Interest | Tyler Wallin (Colleen Caldwell) NMSU, Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, MS |
| January 2018 | Final Report | Pore-Scale Transport of Strontium and Chromate During Dynamic Water Content Changes in the Unsaturated Zone | William Weaver (Lambis Papelis) NMSU, Civil Engineering, PhD |
| December 2017 | Final Report | Spatial prediction of soil hydraulic properties accounting for variable wildfire burn severity, Valles Caldera, New Mexico | Michael Wine (Daniel Cadol) NMTech, Earth & Environmental Science, Hydrology, PhD |
| February 2017 | Final Report | Is there a relationship between tree canopy cover change on the landscape and the discharge of Gallinas Creek through time (from 1939 to 2015) in Las Vegas, NM? | Behnaz Yekkeh (Edward Martinez) NMHU, Natural Resource Management, MS |
| May 2017 | Final Report | San Jose Mining District Groundwater Investigation | Moticha Yellowman Antonio Lara Dennis McQuillan |
| Project Abstract | Project Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| Project Abstract | Final Report | Real Time Monitoring of Flood Control Dams for Emergency Action Management | Abdullah Alazmi, Dennis Felipe Jr, Reynold Durden, Malcolm Braughton, Paul Candelaria, Seth Davis, NMSU, Bachelor’s and master’s students (Dr. J. Phillip King) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Cost‐efficient detection of endocrine‐disrupting compounds in drinking water | Maxwell Baymiller, NM Tech, undergraduate student (Dr. Snezna Rogelj) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Evaluation of Impacts of Silvicultural Operations such as Thinning Treatments on Water Quality and Quantity in New Mexico Forests | Onur Beyazoglu and Yasser Almalki, NMSU, master’s students (Dr. Owen Burney) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Temporal analysis of non‐snow fed streams in New Mexico | Fawn Brooks, UNM, PhD student (Dr. David Gutzler) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Test of the new LAS MkII Scintillometer for validation of statewide New Mexico evapotranspiration maps | Reid Brown, NM Tech, master’s student (Dr. Jan Hendrickx) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | The Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARB) in the Gallinas River | Laurel Carr, master’s student (Dr. Ben Nelson) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Fire ash influences on aquatic primary producers through changes in water quality | Alexander Clark, UNM, undergraduate student (Dr. Rebecca Bixby) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Evaluating the Impacts of Particulate Matter Deposition on Snow Melt Processes in the Upper Rio Grande, NM | Angela Gregory, UNM, PhD student (Dr. Mark Stone) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Development of a Bio‐indicator to Assess Water Quality in Ephemeral Ponds | Rebekah Horn, NMSU, PhD student, (Dr. David Cowley) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Enhanced Photocatalysis for Water Purification and Disinfection using Optical Fibers Coated with Nanocomposite Thin Films | Lu Lin, NMSU, MS/PhD student (Dr. Pei Xu) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Linking Forests to Faucets: Investigating Alternative Approaches for Securing Long‐Term Funding for Watershed Restoration in New Mexico | Edward McCorkindale, UNM, master’s student (Dr. Robert Berrens) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Effects of Turbidity on Group Cohesion in Sand Shiners and Red Shiners from the Pecos River in New Mexico | Sabrina Michael, ENMU, master’s student (Dr. Marv Lutnesky) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Submerged Aquatic Macrophytes – Ecosystem Engineers in New Mexico Mountain Streams – Effects of Forest Fire | Virginia Thompson, UNM, PhD student (Dr. Clifford Dahm) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Water Politics and Cultural Difference: Fostering Community Relationships to Promote Environmental Health and Community Wellbeing in Times of Drought | Elise Trott, UNM, PhD student (Dr. Erin Debenport) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Assessment of Water Quality in the Irrigation Drainage Canals as a Source of Reusable Irrigation Water | Kai Williams, NMSU, master’s student (Dr. Salim Bawazir) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Application of HydroGeoSphere to model climate change effects on three‐dimensional hydrological processes in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico | Michael Wine, NM Tech, PhD student (Dr. Daniel Cadol) |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| Project Abstract | Final Report | Investigation of Improved Operational Streamflow Forecasting in the Rio Grande Basin | Shalamu Abudu, Civil Engineering (advisor: J. Phillip King) , New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | The Dependency of Anomalous Transport Behavior on Flow Path Orientation | Nicholas B Engdahl, Earth and Planetary Sciences (advisor: Gary S. Weissmann), University of New Mexico, |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Evaluation of Multi-stage solar-powered desalination system | Akash Mummaneni, Civil Engineering (advisor: N. Nirmala Khandan), New Mexico State University, |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Aqueous Geochemistry of the Springs and Wells of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge: Evaluating Hydrochemical Pathways and Microbiology | Amy J. Williams, Earth & Planetary Sciences (advisor: Laura Crossey), University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Residence Time Distribution in Dynamically Changing Hydrologic Systems | Jesus D. Gomez, Earth and Environmental Sciences, (advisor: John L. Wilson), New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstrac | Final Report | Composite Membrane for Membrane Distillation Desalination Process | Sai Reddy Pinappu, Chemical Engineering (advisor: Shuguang Deng), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | – | Updating the Groundwater Flow Model for the Southern Jornada Del Muerto Basin – Implementing Reviewers Comments | B. V. N. P. Kambhammettu, Civil Engineering (advisor: J. Phillip King), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Assessment of a novel source-tracking protocol for evaluating the significance of municipal wastewater sources on the microbial contaminant levels of discharged wastewaters | Jesus Sigala, Plant and Environmental Science (advisor: Adrian Unc), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | – | Effects of Copper Sulfate Treatment on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Peterson Reservoir Sediments | Daryl Williams, Natural Sciences (advisor: Edward A. Martinez), New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Uranium Abatement in Water | Nicholas G. Beltran, Biology (advisor: Antonio S. Lara), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | – | Removal of Arsenic from Aqueous solution using activated carbon prepared from Pecan shells | Ranganath Potluri, Chemical Engineering (advisor: David Roskstraw), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | From Stormwater Management to Stormwater Integration: The Use of Low Impact Development Techniques in the Albuquerque Region | KT LaBadie, Water Resources Program and Community and Regional Planning Program (advisor: Bill Fleming), University of New Mexico, |
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| Project Abstract | Final Report | Feasibility Study of Wastewater Purification by Low Temperature Distillation Method | Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Civil Engineering Department (advisor: Nirmala Khandan), New Mexico State University, |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Arsenic Adsorption and Desorption in Storrie Lake Sediments | Celestine Ngam, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Michael Meyer), New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | New Mexico Water Rights Prices Database Development | Shawn Landfair, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business Department (advisor: Frank Ward), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | New Mexico State University Estimating Evaporation from Elephant Butte Reservoir with the Monin Obukhov Simularity Theory Using Simple Instrumentation | Jimmy Moreno, Civil Engineering Department (advisor: A. Salim Bawazir) |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Iron(II) Oxidation in New Mexico Waters: Experimental Development of a Molecular-Level Predictive Model | Andrea Higdon, Department of Chemistry (advisor: Michael Pullin), New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Drinking Water Purification for U.S.A.-Mexico Border Region | Arely A. Torres, Chemical Engineering Department (advisor: Shuguang Deng), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Land Application of Wastewater Containing Arsenic: Impacts on the Sorption and Mobility of Arsenic in Soil | Sylvia Nemmers, Plant and Environmental Sciences (advisor: April Ulery), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; < | Final Report | Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensor for Pathogens Concentration and Detection | Dipendu Saha, Chemical Engineering Department (advisor: Shuguang Deng), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | New Mexico Highlands University, Bioassessment of Arsenic Contamination of the Gallinas River Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates | Bildad Eta Eyong, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Edward Martinez) |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | The Effects of Acequias and Riparian Evapotranspiration on the Rio Grande Flow Levels | Ciara Cusack, Animal and Range Sciences (advisor: Sam Fernald), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Investigating Potential Salt Contamination of Aquifers from Irrigated Landscapes | Elena Sevostianova, Plant and Environmental Sciences (advisor: Bernd Leinauer), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Characterization of Heavy Metal Binding by Functional Groups Found in Biomaterials | Jesus Q. Cantu, Department of Physics (advisor: Jacob Urquidi), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Community and Ecosystem Effects of a Nonnative Fish in Refugia in an Intermittent Stream: Implications for Native Fish Restoration | Ryan McShane, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: David Cowley), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Relating Fish Abundance and Condition to Environmental Factors in Desert Sinkholes | Kristin Swaim, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences (advisor: Wiebke J. Boeing), New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | The Effects of Eutrophication on the Structure and Function of Stream Biofilms | David J. VanHorn, Department of Biology (advisor: Clifford Dahm), University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Experimental and Numerical Modeling Analysis of Arsenic-sulfide Precipitation in Groundwater Environments | Matthew F. Kirk, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (advisor: Laura Crossey), University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | The Influence of Predator Detection on Life History Strategies in DAPHNIA | Irene M. Roselli, Department of Biology (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | The Influence of Larval Culiseta sp. (Diptera: Culicidae) on Behavior and Growth Rate of Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus (LeConte) (Notostraca: Triopsidae) | Nicole M. Harings, Department of Biology, (advisor: Marvin M.F. Lutnesky), Eastern New Mexico University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Determination of Heavy Metal Distribution in the Gallinas River Using Aquatic Macrophytes | Chemanji Shu-Nyamboli and Joel Lowry, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Edward A. Martinez), New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract | – | Uranium and Heavy Metals in Macroinvertebrates in the Santa Fe River on the Cochiti Reservation | Carlos R. Herrera, Department of Natural Sciences (advisor: Michael L. Meyer), New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Runoff Processes and the Evolution of Water Chemistry in the Saguache Creek Watershed of the Upper Rio Grande | Marty D. Frisbee, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Fred Phillips), New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Use of Remotely Sensed Observations for Improved Distributed Hydrological Modeling in the Jemez River Basin | Taufique Mahmood, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Enrique Vivoni), New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Multi-disciplinary Analysis of a New Mexico Cold Water Tufa Spring Mound | Katrina Koski, Department of Earth and Environmental Science (advisor: Penelope J. Boston), New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Cattails and Ostracodes: An Investigation of Prehistoric Water Management in the Chupadera Arroyo Basin, Central New Mexico | Monica L. (Enke) Murrell; Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology, Eastern New Mexico University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Groundwater Quality and Well Water Assessment in Las Vegas New Mexico Area | Joel Lowry and Simone-Camille Yelah Tar; Department of Natural Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Surveying Health Risks Associated with Arsenic in the Gallinas Watershed | Justin Johns-Kaysing; Department of Natural Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Riparian Evapotranspiration Estimates on the Middle Rio Grande Using Remote Sensing | Maritza A. Macias-Corral; Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Modeling of Mass and Heat Transport in Membrane Distillation Process for Brackish Water Desalination | Prajwal Vikram; Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Soil Recovery After Herbicide Treatment of Saltcedar Stands and Management Implications | Cheryl Rosel; Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Rapid Detection of Human Fecal Contamination Using sIgA as an Indicator | Jessica Hamel; Department of Microbiology and Biology, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | umerical Modeling Investigation of Fluid Flow Above and Below Sediment-Water Interfaces | Meinhard Bayani R. Cardenas; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Hydrometeorological Field Studies During the North American Monsoon in the Valles Caldera National Preserve | Alex J. Rinehart; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Investigation of Transpiration Water Loss from Pinyon-Juniper Forests | Sue White; Department of Environmental Engineering, New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Water Quality Along the Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico | Lydia Zeglin; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Mycorrhizal Colonization in Cottonwood and Salt Cedar Stands Along the Middle Rio Grande: Implications for Water Quality and Water Consumption | Jennifer Follstad Shah; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Human Impacts on Nitrate Dynamics in Hyporheic Sediments Using a Stable Isotope Tracer | Chelsea Crenshaw; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract | Final Report | Full Title | Authors |
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| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Escherichia coli Source Tracking by DNA Fingerprinting in Diverse Watersheds of Northern New Mexico | Greg M. Huey, Department of Natural Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Using Natural Tracers to Improve Estimates of Groundwater Recharge Resulting from Snowmelt | Sam Earman, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Water Quality Assessment in the Gallinas Watershed, Las Vegas, New Mexico | Thomas Evans, Environmental Geology Program, Department of Natural Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Under What Conditions are Salinity-gradient Solar Ponds Cost-effective as a Source of Heat and/or Electricity for Desalination of Brackish Groundwater? | Robin A. Foldager, Environmental Science, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Prehistoric Water Management in the American Southwest | Stacy K. Galassini, Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology, Eastern New Mexico University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Mapping Lake Evaporation Using Satellite Imagery | Alex Herting, Tim Farmer, and Jordan Evans; Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | The Fate of Pharmaceutically Active Drugs in the Rio Grande and Groundwater | Maceo Carrillo Martinet, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Can Non-Potable Saline Groundwater Be Used for Turfgrass Irrigation? | Casey Johnson, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Identification of Membrane Foulants in Natural Waters | Khalid Mehboob, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Effects of Gender and Predation Risk on Depth Choice in the Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis | Tony Spitzack, Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Effects of Burning and Thinning on Forest Hydrology | Anthony Madrid, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Geochemistry of Rio Grande Rift Travertine Depositing Springs: Implications for Rio Grande Valley Water | Dennis L. Newell, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico |
| Project Abstract; | Final Report | Climate, Land-use Change, and Hydrologic Response: Modeling the Rio Puerco Basin | Robert W Wyckoff, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech |
The Institute’s primary objective is to maintain a balanced program of research that addresses water problems critical to New Mexico, the Southwest, and the nation. The Institute’s major program guidance comes from its Program Development and Review Board, composed of representatives of the USGS, state government, each of the major doctoral-granting state universities, and the Institute.
The program uses two approaches: