Major Water Research & Outreach Programs

1. New Mexico State University Major Water Research&Outreach Programs

2. What is it? By Karl Wood, Director

3. Is the Water Resources Research Institute At: New Mexico State University In: Las Cruces, New Mexico all of New Mexico’s six state universities, the Southwestern and Borderlands Regions, and the Nation Serving:

4. Areas of Specialty 1. Water Conservation 2. Planning and Management 3. Atmospheric-surface- groundwater relationships 4. Water Quality

5. Facilities WRRI is solely housed in Stucky Hall on the NMSU Campus.

6. NMSU Clusters • 1. Education and Health Disparities – Serving the Underserved • 2. Information-Centric Security and Defense • 3. Systems Biosciences • 4. Twenty-First Century Aerospace • 5. Natural Resources Sustainability and Renewal Land SubCluster Water SubCluster Energy SubCluster

7. Water SubCluster Formulation And Strategic Plan “Anyone who solves the problem of water deserves not one Nobel Prize but two – one for science and the other for peace. President John F. Kennedy

8. Highlights of the Strategic Plan Vision To be a regional, national, and international leader in water research, technology, education, service, and policy. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

9. Water SubCluster Membership: 84 faculty Water related courses at NMSU: Undergraduate: 118Graduate: 85 Web page: http://research.nmsu.edu/water.html

10. State-Wide Survey in 2006 • Improve existing supply enhancing technologies • Assess levels of vulnerability of New Mexico aquifers • Examine cost-effective methods to promote water conservation • Improve water use efficiency and increase economic returns for water used • Increase safety of wastewater treated for use as drinking water

11. State-Wide Survey in 2006 • Promote conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater • Develop better measures for reducing water pollution • Understand what influences water use by agriculture, municipal, industrial, and environmental users • 9. Understand effects of land use changes on water pollution

12. Climate Data Collection • Improve existing supply enhancing technologies NMCC Climate State Data Other NM Climate Station Data Crop Information Water Resources Climate Links Agriculture Models and Tools

13. Improve existing supply enhancing technologies Desalination of Groundwater US Saline Aquifers • Inland desalination is a • major concern • Issues include brine disposal, saline water variability, energy use • Needs and applications are • international in scope, including • the U.S. - Mexico border region College of Engineering College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Business Administration and Economics

14. 2. Assess levels of vulnerability of New Mexico aquifers A Comprehensive Groundwater Assessment College of Engineering College of Arts and Sciences

15. Evapotranspiration 3. Examine cost-effective methods to promote water conservation College of Engineering College of Agriculture and Home Economics

16. 3. Examine cost-effective methods to promote water conservation Water Policy and Economics College of Business Administration and Economics College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Engineering Water Resources Research Institute

17. 4. Improve water use efficiency and increase economic returns for water used • A. Research • Instrumentation • Delivery • Techniques of application amounts and timing College of Agriculture and Home Economics

18. 5. Increase safety of wastewater treated for use as drinking water Conversion of river water for municipal use Conversion plants planned for: El Paso Juarez Las Cruces Hatch College of Engineering

19. 5. Increase safety of wastewater treated for use as drinking water Membranes and Desalination College of Engineering Physical Science Laboratory (PSL)

20. 6. Promote conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater Surface-Groundwater Interactions College of Engineering College of Agriculture and Home Economics

21. 6. Promote conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater Invasive and exotic plant species management College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Engineering New Mexico Department of Agriculture

22. 7. Develop better measures for reducing water pollution Environmental enhancements for the watershed College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Arts and Sciences College of Engineering

23. 7. Develop better measures for reducing water pollution Endangered Aquatic Species Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Cooperative Wildlife Unit

24. 8. Understand what influences water use by agriculture, municipal, industrial, and environmental users Geographic Information SystemsGIS Geography Department Water Resources Research Institute College of Agriculture and Home Economics

25. 8. Understand what influences water use by agriculture, municipal, industrial, and environmental users Water quality for irrigation and human health College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Health and Social Services

26. 8. Understand what influences water use by agriculture, municipal, industrial, and environmental users Region-wide assessment and planning for future water needs Water Resources Research Institute College of Agriculture and Home Economics College of Business Administration and Economics College of Engineering

27. 9. Understand effects of land use changes on water pollution Water-borne Pathogens Major Emphasis on Rio Grande and Border Health Biology Department and College of Health And Social Services

28. 9. Understand effects of land use changes on water pollution College of Agriculture and Home Economics Gerald Thomas Endowed Chair

29. This is a sunrise, not a sunset! A new day! “Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors” African proverb

30. “The future ain’t what it used to be” Yogi Berra