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Water

Water Research at NMSU
NMSU research specialist Carlos Ochoa measures the flow of the Rio Hondo with a flow tracker. His work is part of a $1.4 million National Science Foundation funded research to provide new insights into the relationships between traditional water management systems, communities and landscape and wildlife. (NMSU Photo)

Researchers from four main campus colleges and Agricultural Science Centers from the far reaches of the state participate in water research and outreach programs. NMSU is headquarters to the state's Water Resources Research Institute, providing research and technical solutions related to aquifer salinity, water availability, quality, sustainability, and water related border and international issues. Research contributing to this area includes the NSF Engineering Research Center project, Reinventing America's Urban Water Infrastructure; water technology research in Afghanistan; U.S. Geological Survey funded projects to monitor and solve trans-boundary water issues on the U.S-Mexico border; the NSF-funded study of the link between traditional irrigation systems and ecosystem and watershed health; and a study of the effects of climate change on New Mexico's mountain sources of water.

Major Programs/Projects

Researchers

  1. Arnold, N., Richard (Revegetation with produced water)
  2. Bawazir, Salim A. (Evapotranspiration/Irrigation and drainage)
  3. Bleiweiss, Max (Remote sensing)
  4. Boeing Wiebke (Aquatic ecology)
  5. Brinegar, Hillary (Economics and policy)
  6. Brown, Chris (GIS applications and binational water research)
  7. Caldwell, Colleen A. (Aquatic contaminants and toxicology)
  8. Camacho, Lucy Mar (Groundwater contamination and remediation)
  9. Cowley, David (Aquatic ecology)
  10. DeMers, Michael N. (Geographic information systems)
  11. Deng, Shuguang (Water treatment technology)
  12. DuBois, David W. (Climatology)
  13. Dugas, Daniel (Geomorphology)
  14. Falk, Constance (Organic horticulture production)
  15. Fernald, Sam (Water quality hydrology)
  16. Garcia, Z., Jose (Water policy on the U.S./ Mexico border)
  17. Ghassemi, Abbas (Energy and water management)
  18. Goss, Ryan (Irrigation of turfgrass)
  19. Gould, Bill (Statistical analysis)
  20. Guldan, Steven (Acequia irrigation systems)
  21. Hanson, Adrian T. (Small community water and wastewater systems)
  22. Herrick, Jeffrey (Ecosystem disturbance ecology and monitoring)
  23. Hurd, Brian (Economics and policy)
  24. Johnson, Michael (Environmental applications of ferrate ion, FeO42-; arsenic, selenium and antimony remediation from ground water)
  25. Khandan, Nirmala (Desalination, produced water treatment, sustainable technologies)
  26. Carroll, Kenneth (Hydrology, hydrogeology, water resources, environmental science, soil science, geochemistry, and environmental engineering)
  27. King, James Philip (Surface water hydrology)
  28. Lara, Antonio S. (Water quality and arsenic removal)
  29. Leinauer, Bernd (Irrigation water conservation, irrigation of turfgrass with saline and potable water)
  30. Lindemann, C., William (Soil microbiology and environmental contamination)
  31. Loya, James M. (Desalination and water education)
  32. Mack, H., Greg (River deposition and channel behavior)
  33. Maitland, Julie (Water policy and law)
  34. McGuckin, Thomas (Economics and policy)
  35. Mexal, John (Land application of wastewater)
  36. Mimbela, Luz Elena Y. (Water/wastewater treatment and reuse)
  37. Mitchell, Martha (Water quality and arsenic removal)
  38. Monger, Curtis (Geomorphology and paleoclimatology)
  39. O'Neill, Mick (Micro irrigation and water management)
  40. Papelis, Lambis (Aquatic Chemistry)
  41. Peach, Jim (Demographics and water demand)
  42. Picchioni, Geno (Plant physiology and water stress)
  43. Rango, Albert (Snow hydrology, climate change, and remote sensing)
  44. Rockstraw, David (Water treatment technology)
  45. Samani, Zohrab A. (Water resource development)
  46. Sallenave, Rossanna (Aquatic research)
  47. Schroeder, Jill (Water use by plants)
  48. Shukla, Manoj (Chemical fate and transport in soils)
  49. Skaggs, Rhonda (Irrigation economics and water policy)
  50. Smeal, Daniel (Consumptive-use of agricultural and horticultural crops)
  51. Smith, Geoffrey Battle (Environmental microbiology)
  52. Smits, Robert (Stochastic transport of chemicals and biological mechanisms in porous media)
  53. St. Hilaire, Rolston (Environmental stress physiology)
  54. Stringam, Blair L. (Irrigation, Open Channel Flow Measurement, Sensor Applications)
  55. Stevens, Kenny (Solar water distillation and groundwater hydrology)
  56. Thompson, Roseann (Groundwater hydrology)
  57. Ulery, April (Poor quality water for irrigation)
  58. Unc, Adrian (Organic waste management)
  59. Urquidi, Jacob (Physics of molecular liquids (water in particular) and amorphous materials)
  60. Vilchis, Hugo (Water borne diseases and community health)
  61. Ward, Erin (U.S.-Mexico Border environmental policy)
  62. Ward, Frank (Economics and policy)
  63. Widner, Benjamin (Urban and regional economics)

Major Units