"01423995" "Active" "Regional Water Plan - Mora and San Miguel Task Order #12" "John F. Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20030701 00000 20030731 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regigonal water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #12 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Mora and San Miguel planning regions." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "NMISC" $2760.00 "01345670" "Active" "Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Water-Borne Pathogens" "Geof Smith" "Biology" "NMSU" "Kevin Oshima" "Biology" "NMSU" 20030101 00000 20030630 00000 20031231 00000 "An antibody-based approach to laser detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscoopy (SERS) will be applied. The goal is to develop a single-step assay that will be directly applicable to on-site, realtime detection of pathogens." "laser spectroscopy, pathogens" "water quality" "NMWRRI" $7500.00 "01423993" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #10, Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan" "John Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20021125 00000 20021231 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #10 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Middle Rio Grande Region" "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation" "NMISC" $1800.00 "01526963" "Active" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 02-03" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20021001 00000 20030930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1)groundwater aquifer sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "NMDA/EPA" $29750.00 "WRRI" $5250.00 "01423992" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #9, Socorro/Sierra Water Plan" "John Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020905 00000 20020930 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #9 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Socorro/Sierra Region" "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation" "NMISC" $480.00 "01423991" "Active" "Water Conveyance Habitat Assessment for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District" "David Cowley" "Fish/Wildlife" "NMSU" 20020901 00000 20031231 00000 "This project will inventory aquatic and terrestrial vegetation associated with water conveyance structures in the Socorro Division of the Conservancy District." "This assessment will be useful in future feasibility studies that could sugget modifications of water conveyance structures in conjunction with fish passage at San Acacia on wildlife species including the Rio Grande silvery minnow" "and southwestern willow flycatcher." "habitat, endangered species, water conveyance" "water conservation" "BOR" $35591.00 "01423990b" "Active" "Early Life History Studies of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus) Related to Downstream Fish Passage" "David Cowley" "Fish/Wildlife" "NMSU" 20020901 00000 20031231 00000 "The purpose of this project is to aid recovery of the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow. The research will lead to a better understanding of the downstream transport of fish and it may lead to improved solutions for upstream fish passage." "endangered species, silvery minnow, downstream transport" "endangered species" "BOR" $70442.00 "01423988b" "Active" "Development of a Prototype Coordinated Database Project for the Paso del Norte Watershed Council" "Christopher Brown" "Geography" "NMSU" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020801 00000 20030731 00000 "Phase I of this project will create a website at NMSU that will display archival data. A GIS system will be used to display the data sets on a base map that shows the Rio Grande Irrigation network and a number of gauging stations within" "the Paso del Norte Region. Federal and local agencies are expected to cooperate so archival flow data from their local gauging stations can be incorporated." "GIS, irrigation network" "water conservation" "327" "TAMU AREC" $28350.00 "01-4-23986b" "Active" "Measuring ET Depletion in MRG Bosque" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" "Salim Bawazir" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20020611 00000 20031231 00000 "This project is a continuation of on-going studies to estimate riparian evapotranspiration (ET) by New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico." "Both universities will continue to collect ET data with existing equipment, expand the study to a new Russian olive site, and provide a framework for the univresities to collaborate on data collection, quality control and data dissemination." "evapotranspiration, conservation" "water conservation" "NM ISC" $304436.00 "01423985b" "Complete" "Water Resources Training Program (BIA)" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" "Salim Bawazir" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20020603 00000 20020630 00000 "This award provides funding for Native American students to attend a training short course to learn practical hydro-technical skills and an understanding of the broader issues associated with natural resource management." "Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive certificates documenting completion as well as certificates from participating federal agencies." "native american, training, hydro-technical" "n/a" "n/a" "US BIA" $52019.00 "01-4-23987b" "Active" "Digital Hydrologic Framework" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "John Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020601 00000 20030831 00000 "This project will create adigital hydrogeologic framework model for the Mesilla Basin which will support the efforts of the NM Interstate Stream Commission and the Lower Rio Grande Water Users Organization in their efforts to improve the groundwater" "model of the Mesilla Basin. The geologic framework is a critical component in current groundwater models and will play an ever-increasing role in the develoopment of new groundwater models for the Paso del Norte region." "hydrogeologic framework, model, Mesilla Basin" "Surface Groundwater Relationships" "332" "LRGWUO(CLC)" $45000.00 "WRRI" $12169.00 "NMSU IDC" $26755.00 "01423983b" "Active" "Preparation of a Strategic Plan and Bylaws for the Paso del Norte Water Task Force" "Karl Wood" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020501 00000 20030430 00000 20040430 00000 "The NMWRRI will facilitate the development of a strategic plan, including specific performance outcomes and bylaws for the Paso del Norte Water Task Force. A subcommittee will meet with task force members, support team membrs, and others to determine" "both future goals and measurable outcomes for the PNWTF. Then end product will be a set of recommendations to be presented to a plenary session of the PNWTF for discussion, amendment and approval." "strategic plan, taskforce" "water conservation" "n/a" "Hewlett Fndtn" $100000.00 "01423984b" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #8, Colfax County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020501 00000 20020630 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #5 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Colfax County Region" "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation" "n/a" "NMISC" $2640.00 "01423982b" "Complete" "Technical Information Coordination for the Tularosa Basin Desalination Research Center" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20020425 00000 20020930 00000 "This project will provide the manpower, capabilities, and facilities to support Sandia National Laboratores in coordinating technical information exchange for the Tularosa Basin Desalination Research Center." "This effort requires a respected and neutral water resources research organization to coordinatte the technical information exchange on the review and evaluation of creating a desalination research center in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico." "desalination, information exchange, coordination" "water quality" "n/a" "Sandia Natl Lab" $24000.00 "01-4-23981b" "Complete" "Potential for Water Conservation through Lining Canals in the Rio Grande" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20020301 00000 20020831 00000 "This study will examine how much water is lost through seepage flow between canals and shallow aquifer for selected canals during irrigation and non-irrigation seasons. Several typical canals will be selected by evaluating current status of seepage" "losses in delivery systems of EBID, NM. It will provide estimates of potential water savings by lining the canals. The project will provide support information for the irrigation district on agricultural irrigation efficiency, water management and" "conservation opportunity and water resources in terms of quantity." "canal lining, conservation, irrigation" "water conservation" "TAMU-AREC El Paso" $12500.00 "NMSU IDC" $5850.00 "01526899" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 01-02" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20011001 00000 20020930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1)groundwater aquifer sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater." "development of sensitivity assessments will be maintained in a geographic information system (GIS) for specified areas in the state." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "NMDA(EPA)" $29750.00 "NMWRRI" $5250.00 "01423980B" "Active" "Subcontract CSU-LA CEA-CREST Salinity Sources of the Hueco Basin" "John Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" "John Hawley" "WRRI" "NMAU" 20010901 00000 20040831 00000 "The purpose of this project is to provide research support services by supervision of field data collection, preparation of GIS maps, and other office, data entry and analysis services for CEA-CREST research in the Hueco Bolson near El Paso, TX." "Office and field support services will be provided to Dr. Barry Hibbs and his students while conducting field activities." "salinity, Hueco, GIS" "Water quality" "Cal St Univ-LA" $36002.00 "01423979b" "Complete" "Economic Feasibility and Value of Water Saved with Alternative Irrigation Technologies on the Lower Rio Grande" "Frank Ward" "Ag Econ" "NMSU" 20010701 00000 20010831 00000 "This study will examine the economic feasibility and water conservation potential of alternative irrigation technologies. The work will contribute to forthcoming federal funding for increased irrigation efficiency and will pave the way for identifying" "incentives and barriers to agricultural water conservation" "economic feasibility, water conservation, water value, agriculutre" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "TX A&M TAES" $19818.00 "NMSU AES" $2674.00 "NMSU IDC" $1147.00 "01423978b" "Complete" "Creating a Single Map" "Bobby Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20010601 00000 20020530 00000 "The purpose of this project is to develop and create a regional geographic information system (GIS) to support regional water planning in the Paso del Norte. The creation of a single GIS system with the varous components would be beneficial because of" "regional character of water in the area rather than the more common partial perspectives derived from county, municipal, state or national maps." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "322" "Hewlett Fndtn" $12750.00 "NMSU IDC" "01423977b" "Complete" "BIA Water Resources Training Program" "J Phillip King" "CAGE" "NMSU" "S Bawazir" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20010412 00000 20010930 00000 "The purpose of this project is to conduct the Water Resources Technician Training Program. The basic principles of the professional field of Water Resources planning, development and management will be taught." "water resources, training, BIA" "n/a" "BIA" $45392.00 "01423975b" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #7, Rio Chama/Socorro/Sierra County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20010126 00000 20010430 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #6 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Rio Chama/Socorro/Sierra County Region" "as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMISC" $1080.00 "01423972b" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #6, Colfax County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20001101 00000 20001130 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #6 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Colfax County Region as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMISC" $1320.00 "01423974b" "Active" "Evapotranspiration Study of Dona Ana County" "J Phillip King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20001001 00000 20020331 00000 20031231 00000 "This project will quantify the consumptive use of water in the Rincon and Mesilla valleys by crops, using diverse data. The impact of large scale transfers of surface water from irrigation to municipal and industrial use will have a major impact on the" "hydrology and water availability of the Mesilla and Rincon valleys, yet the consumption of water by existing irrigation practices has not been reliably quantified." "surface water, surface water transfers, evapotranspiration, consumptiive use, irrigation" "water conservation, planning and management" "LRGWUO-EPA" $55000.00 "NMWRRI/NMSU" $3182.00 "01423973b" "inactive" "Organizational Review of Transfers of Surface Water from Irrigation to Domestic Use" "Soumen Ghosh/Bob Creel" "Economics" "NMSU" 20001001 00000 20020331 00000 20021231 00000 "This study will provide planners, policy makers, and water managers with a thorough understanding of the opportunities and pitfalls they will face in developing surface water supplies for domestic use. A Comprehensive review will be produced that" "analyzes other instances where agriculture surface water has been transferred to domestic use in the southwestern US." "surface water, surface-water transfers, agricultural, domestic" "water conservation, planning and management" "325" "LRGWUO-EPA" $35000.00 "NMWRRI" $4400.00 "01526890" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 00-01" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20001001 00000 20010930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1)groundwater aquifer sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater. Data for the" "development of sensitivity assessments will be maintained in a geographic information system (GIS) for specified areas in the state." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "NMDA(EPA)" $29750.00 "NMWRRI" $5250.00 "01423971b" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #5, Rio Arriba County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20000801 00000 20000930 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #5 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for theRio Arriba County Region as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMISC" $1080.00 "01345694B" "Complete" "A Flash Flood Prediction Model for Rural and Urban Basins" "Kirk Gregory" "Geography" "UNM" "S Snell, D Kann" "Geog, UNM; Nat Wthr Serv" 20000701 00000 20010630 00000 20010831 00000 "The project addresses the issue of surface runoff modeling for urban and rural environments in New Mexico. It is not possible, given present forecasting methods, to issue flash flood warnings with sufficient lead time to avoid tragic and costly outcomes." "The modeling system proposed is designed to alleviate both of the identified obstacles which prevent the generation of viable flash flood warnings." "The modeling system will be a valuable tool for the National Weather Service and for the identification of flood prone areas." "flash flood, artificial neural networks, surface runoff, modeling" "Surface/groundwater relationships" "321" "NMWRRI" $24753.00 "01423969b" "Complete" "Water Valuation/Proposal Development" "Frank Ward" "Agr Economics" "NMSU" 20000701 00000 20010630 00000 "This study will describe different ways that water can be valued and provide illustrative examples. This information will benefit agricultural and urban water users, as well as water managers." "economics, water aconservation, planning, valuation" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "TX A&M AES" $7560.00 "NMAES" $9360.00 "NMWRRI" "01423970c" "Inactive" "Evaporation Estimation at Elephant Butte Reservoir" "J Phillip King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 20000701 00000 20010630 00000 20020630 00000 "This project will improve the measurements and calculations for reservoir evaporation at Elephant Butte Reservoir. One of the largest loss terms in the hydrologic balance of the Rio Grande is reservoir evaporation at Elephant Butte." "evaporation, evapotranspiration, measurements, reservoir" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMOSE" $64010.00 "01423968c" "Complete" "Mapping Services-Regional Water Plans Task Order #4, Socorro/Sierra County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20000609 00000 20000731 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #4 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Socorro/Sierra County Region as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMISC" $4920.00 "01423966" "Complete" "Mapping Services - Regional Water Plans Task Order #3 Tularosa Basin Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 20000301 00000 20000430 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #3 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Tularosa Basin Region as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "n/a" "NMISC" $1080.00 "01423976b" "Complete" "Genetic Techniques for the Verification and Monitoriing of Dihaloethane Biodegradation in New Mexico Aquifers" "Rebecca Reiss" "Biology" "NMIMT" 20000301 00000 20020228 00000 "The research will provide an example of how biotechnology can aid the development of bioremediation methods. The bodegradation of EDB and EDC occurs through series of enzymatic reactions." "Preliminary results demonstrate that microorganisms with the dhlA gene are present in several EDB and EDC contaminated aquifers in New Mexico." "This project will increase our understanding of the role that horizontal genetic transmission plays in microbial adaptation." "DEB,EDC, xenobiotic, biodegradation, horizontal gene transfer" "water quality" "324" "USGS WRIP" $50000.00 "NMIMT IDC c/s" $36615.00 "01345693B" "Complete" "Arsenic and Arsenic Species in the Rio Grande, and the Effect of Irrigated Lands" "David Norman" "Earth and Environmental Science" "NMIMT" 20000301 00000 20010630 00000 "The objectives of this research are to monitor arsenic concentrations and arsenic speciation at three places along the Rio Grande weekly; measure diurnal variations at the sites during each season; and to determine if Middle Rio Grande Valley irrigation" "affects Rio Grande river arsenic concentrations. This information will be used by municipalities in planning water treatment facilities. It will warn farmers if present irrigation practices are poisoning their soil with arsenic." "Most important, it will alert all users of Rio Grande water of possible arsenic poisoning in the water supplies." "arsenic, species, rio grande, irrigation, hydrogeochemistry" "water quality" "320" "WRRI" $24680.00 "01526882" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 99-00" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Kennedy" 19991001 00000 20000930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1) groundwater sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "NMDA (EPA)" $29750.00 "NMWRRI" $5250.00 "01423965" "Complete" "Mapping Services - Regional Water Plans Task Order #2 Lea County Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19990801 00000 19990930 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #2 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Lea County Water Planning Region as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "NMISC" $840.00 "01423959" "Complete" "Hyperfiltration-Induced Precipitation of Sodium Chloride" "T. Michael Whitworth" "NM Bureau of Mines" "NMIMT" 19990701 00000 20000630 00000 "The objectives of this project are to 1)experimentally demonstrate that hyperfiltration-induced precipitation of sodium chloride can occur, and 2) conduct bench-scale testing using this process to reduce reverse osmosis waste to a solid." "This reverse osmosis waste reduction system will significantly cut waste disposal costs. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the commercial viability of this method so that industrial partners can be attracted to make this process available" "to users in New Mexico and the rest of the world. Experimental prrof that sodiumchloride can be precipated during hyperfiltration is necessary to attract future funding." "membrane, reverse osmosis, waste reduction, hyperfiltration, precipitation" "Utilization of impaired waters" "314" "USGS" $23200.00 "WRRI" $1800.00 "NMIMT DC c/s" $10000.00 "NMIMT IDC c/s" $16135.00 "01423960B" "Inactive" "Sources of Salinity in Rio Grande and Mesilla Basin Aquifers" "James C. Witcher" "SWTDI" "NMSU" "P King, J Kennedy, J Hawley" "CAGE, WRRI" "NMSU" 19990701 00000 20010430 00000 20020630 00000 "Groundwater salinity in the Mesilla basin will be investigated with geochemical and geothermics approaches. Several isotopic classes will be used to map groundwater salinity evolution and sources." "Samples will be taken from a full range of hydrogeological settings in the Mesilla Basin. Primary results expected from the groundwater geochemical investigation include the identification of the groundwater sources of salinity and the delineation of" "the processes involved in salinity contributions such as dissolution, evaporation and evapotranspiration, and mixing." "salinity, groundwater, surface water,geochemical, geothermal" "water quality" "NMISC" $150000.00 "01423963" "Complete" "Mapping Services - Regional Water Plans Task Order #1 Lower Pecos River Water Plan" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19990701 00000 19990930 00000 "Services provided include preparation of regional water planning base maps at the request of a region with approval of ISC. Task Order #1 is for the development of GIS map products and illustrations for the Lower Pecos River Water Plan - Planning Region" "#10, as requested." "GIS, mapping, regional water plans" "water conservation, planning and management" "NMISC" $2700.00 "01423964" "Complete" "San Acacia Diversion Dam Study" "John Hernandez" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19990701 00000 19990730 00000 "This project will assess existing and potential capability, and conversely impediments and constraints, of Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District intrastructure to convey water to San Acacia from Isleta Diversion. Structural or operational improvements" "will be indentified and recommendations developed. It will also recommend structural or operational changes that could reduce water demand in the Socorro Division, that could make delivery of water more efficient." "infrastructure, conveyence, delivery" "water conservation, planning and management" "US BOR" $20330.00 "01345690B" "Complete" "Impact of Heterogeneous Consumer Response on Water Conservation Goals" "Janie M. Chermak" "Economics" "UNM" "Kate Krause" "Economics" "UNM" 19990701 00000 20000630 00000 20000930 00000 "The objectives of this research are to 1) identify statistically significant consumer characteristics that are factors of demand for water, 2) test consumer response to wide ranges of pricing options, 3) econometrically model water demand and 4) design" "a conservation incentive program that allow individuals to choose their own best conservation alternatiave while, in aggregate, achieving the conservation program goals." "Such models should prove very useful to urban water agencies, in both their pricing strategies forecasting of future use, and in the design of new conservation programs." "economics, conservation, policy, survey" "water conservation, planning and management" "315" "WRRI" $14989.00 "UNM IDC c/s" $7045.00 "01345689B" "Complete" "Detection of Groundwater through Ultra-Sensitive Magnetic Measurements with Ultra-short Pulse Lasers" "Jean-Claude Diels" "Physics and Astronomy" "UNM" 19990701 00000 20000831 00000 "This project will develop new tools to locate hitherto unknown groundwater reservoirs, and to monitor the growth and decay of known groundwater layers." "By the end of the year, it is hoped that a new detector of magnetic field and a remote sensor of magnetic susceptibility will have been developed and tested." "Both should be of sufficient sensitivity to make aerial mapping of groundwater possible. Subsequent support will be sought to start an aerial magnetic and susceptibility mapping." "groundwater, magnetic, susceptibility, remote-sensing" "water conservation" "313" "WRRI" $24994.00 "UNM IDC c/s" $11747.00 "01345688" "Complete" "Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedbacks in New Mexico" "Eric Small" "Earth & Environmental Science" "NMIMT" 19990701 00000 20000630 00000 "This project will assess how soil moisture anomalies affect land-atmosphere interactions in the semi-arid climate of New Mexico. If soil moisture impacts are substantial, then soil moisture-rainfall feedbacks may contribute to the vairability of" "summertime precipitation in New Mexico. A related effort will be to use the surface observations for this project to constrain a regional scale atmospheric model of the southwestern US summertime monsoon." "The research completed in this seed project will be used to seek funding from NSF or NASA." "precipitation, soil moisture, evaporation, land-atmosphere interactions" "surface-groundwater relationships" "318" "WRRI" $24559.00 "NMIMT IDC" $9870.00 "01526947" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 1999" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Kennedy" 19990301 00000 19990930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1) groundwater sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "305(related)" "NMDA (EPA)" $35000.00 "NMSU IDC" $14700.00 "01423958" "Complete" "Tribal Water Technology Training Program" "J. Phillip King" "Civil, Agricultural and Geologicial Engr" "NMSU" "S. Bawazir" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19981001 00000 19981231 00000 "This project will assist the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute by providinge education and training activities , developing a water resources technology program creating and organizing a curriculm and providing technology assistance." "education, water resources technology" "water conservation" "n/a" "SIPI" $38155.00 "NMSU IDC c/s" $294.00 "01345687B" "Complete" "Determining Mercury in Deposition" "Colleen Caldwell" "Fish/Wildlife" "NMSU" 19981001 00000 19981231 00000 "This project will continue data collection of mercury in wet deposition that was started with funding through the Bureau of Reclamation." "groundwater, mercury water quality" "water quality" "n/a" "WRRI" $2905.00 "01423957B" "Complete" "Pecos River Endangered Species Mitigation Study" "John Hernandez" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engr" "NMSU" 19980818 00000 19990501 00000 19990630 00000 "This project will provide information to the Bureau of Reclamation that will serve as a resource to better describe the context of operations on the Pecos River and to identify the full range of opportunities available to avoid impacts to endangered spec" "The Bureau of Reclamations anticipates implementing new operations of Sumner Dam that will conserve the Pecos bluntnose shiner, a federally-threatened species. It is anticipated that new operations may result in additional depletions from the Pecos River" "system. A river flow and reservoir storoage simulation model will determine the quantity of potential depletions." "water conservation, river flow, endangered species" "water conservation" "n/a" "BurRecl" $23304.00 "01423955B" "Active" "Riparian Evapotranspiration Study of the Middle Rio Grande" "J. Phillip King" "Civil,Agricultural and Geological Engr" "NMSU" "B Sanderson, V Gutschick" "EPPWS, Biology" "NMSU" 19980701 00000 20031231 00000 "This project will provide water use planners with information, methods, and models to assess and predict the consupmtive use of water by crops and riparian vegetation species, with particular focus on the Middle Rio Grande Project." "The economic and environmental impacts of water consumption by riparian vegetation is increasing with the spread of urbanization." "The Bureau of Reclamation and others have identified quantification of water consumption by crops and riparian vegetation as a critical need in their current studies of the area." "riparian, quantification, transpiration, consumptive use" "water conservation, planning and management" "US Bur Recl" $460350.00 "WRRI" $1520.00 "NMSU c/s&inkind" $160183.00 "NMSU IDC" $221706.00 "01345685C" "Complete" "NMAES Inventory of Irrigated Cropland in NM" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Kennedy, J. Libbin (PI)" "WRRI, Ag Econ" 19980101 00000 19981031 00000 "The WRRI is providing GIS assistance to the principal investigator and the NM Interstate Stream Commission for an inventory of irrigated crop acreages in New Mexico for the 1997 calendar year. Data will be tabulated by county, major drainage basins and" "groundwater basins." "water inventory, irrigation" "water conservation" "WRRI" $5000.00 "NMSU IDC" $2335.00 "01423952B" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 1998" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Kennedy" 19980101 00000 19980930 00000 "This project will continue to focus on three areas: 1) groundwater sensitivity assessments; 2) monitoring program support; and 3) other nonregulatory program support for the NMDA's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "305(related)" "NMDA (EPA)" $35000.00 "NMSU IDC" $15177.00 "01423954B" "Complete" "Miniaturized DNA Biosensor System for Detecting Cryptosporidium in Water Samples" "Joseph Wang" "Chemistry and Biochemistry" "NMSU" 19971001 00000 19990930 00000 "The research addresses the urgent need for a greatly improved analytical methodology for dectecting Cryptosporidium parvun in water samples, recognized as a serious public health threat problem. The objective is to develop, optimize and deploy a" "miniaturized analytical system for the rapid and reliable monitoring of Cryptosporidium in water samples. This would allow testing to be performed more reliably, rapidly, easily and inexpensively inenvironmental laboratories and field settings, and will" " benefit many organizations and users, including local muniipalities, state water laboratories, and federal agencies." "Cryptosporidium, drinking water, monitoring, DNA biosensor, waterborne pathogens, microfabrication, field screening, hand-held analyzer" "water quality" "311" "WRRI" $16908.00 "NMSU IDC" $16698.00 "USGS Base" $22049.00 "01423950B" "Complete" "Investigation of the Closed Basin Project - Shallow Groundwater Well Operation" "John Hernandez" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19970901 00000 19971231 00000 19980331 00000 "PI will review applicable groundwater data and production records; identify problems limiting the existing shallow groundwater well production; provide possible alternatives to rectify the problems; and propose a plan to improve production from the" "existing well system" "groundwater, wells, conservation" "water conservation" "n/a" "Bur of Recl" $20568.00 "NMSU IDC" $4063.00 "01423949" "Complete" "Concentration of Viral Particles from Water by Ultrafiltration" "Kevin Oshima" "Biology" "NMSU" 19970701 00000 20010228 00000 "Very little is known about the extent of viral contaminants in source (influent) and product (finished) drinking water and their relationship to disease. Critical to both identifying and quantitating viral contaminants is the detection and use of methods" " which reliably concentrate water-borne viral pathogens from drinking, surface and groundwater. Developing improved detection methods and then documenting the type and concentration viral pathogens from water is an ongoing area of interest from agencies" "such as the EPA, AWWA, and World Health Organization. The objective of this research is to develop data on the feasibility of ultrafiltration to concentrate water-borne viruses.." "water-borne virus, viral concentration methods, ultrafiltration, viral contamination enteroviruses, water quality" "water quality" "316" "USGS Base Grnt" $80235.00 "WRRI" $15193.00 "NMSU IDC" $41900.00 "01423948B" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 1997" "Bob Creel" "NMWRRI" "NMSU" 19970301 00000 19970930 00000 "Assisting in the development of a plan for the state of New Mexico addressing the potential of pesticide contamination of groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA(EPA)" $32500.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $13325.00 "01423945" "Complete" "Identification of Alternative Processes to Implement a Forbearance Program in the Middle Rio Grande Valley" "John Hernandez" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19970113 00000 19970630 00000 "The project will attempt to identify alternative processes for the Bureau of Reclamation to implement a forbearance program in the middle Rio Grande valley and recommend a preferred process. Considerations will include legal and institutional constraints" " costs, time requirements and required interactions, if any with the NM State Engineer Office, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, the City of Albuquerque, and others." "forbearance, middle Rio Grande, institutional constraints, legal constraints" "water conservation" "n/a" "BurRec" $31586.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $4770.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423944B" "Complete" "Zuni Sustainable Agriculture Project" "Phil King" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "John Sandor" "Iowa State University" 19970101 00000 19980228 00000 "NMSU's participation in this NSF grant funded through Iowa State University will be to use an undergraduate student to gather field data and do a literature review related to the hydrologic and ecosystem research." "sustainable agriculture, data collection" "water conservation" "n/a" "Iowa St Univ (NSF)" $7000.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $2870.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423942B" "Complete" "San Juan River Trout Fishery Monitoring Plan:Fish Health Assessment" "Colleen Caldwell" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" 19961016 00000 19971231 00000 "The objectives of the work will be to determine the effects of reduced flow on a trout fishery below Navajo Dam, New Mexico. The effects will be assessed using a health/condition profile, histological, immunological and physiological indices. Water will" "be reduced from an historic standard of 500 cubic feet per second to about 300 cfs. Fish health will be assessed throughout the four-month flow test using a fish health/condition index." "fish health assessment, reduced river flow, monitoring" "water conservation" "n/a" "BurRecl" $39491.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423937" "Complete" "Institutional Adjustments for Coping with Prolonged and Severe Drought in the Rio Grande Basin" "Frank Ward" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "TBahr,PKing,TMcGuckin,RYoung,MFrasier,RLacewell,JEllis,RSrinivasan" "NMSU,Colorado St Univ, Texas A&M" 19960901 00000 19980831 00000 20010228 00000 "This project will characterize probable drought scenarios and the capability of existing infrastructural and institutional systems to respond to drought. The information gleaned from the project will help managers who are responsible for their" "drought contingency planning, and help other researchers focus on the issues in water management during drought." "The methodologies employed by the study will be of interest to water managers and researchers addressing water allocation and management in other arid regions." "instituional adjustments, drought management, hydrologic models, economic models" "water conservation" "317" "USGS" $293887.00 "WRRI/NMSU" $153324.00 "Colo/Tex" $169568.00 "Ind Costs total" $265971.00 "01423943B" "Complete" "Effectiveness of Irrigation District Conservation Oriented Pricing Programs" "Tom McGuckin" "Economics" "NMSU" "AMichelsen, RHuffaker, Garth Taylor" "Wash St Univ, Univ of Nebraska" 19960901 00000 19980831 00000 "This research will benefit irrigation districts, farmers and other water resource managers and the public by developing and providing knowledge and analytical methods that will result in better management and use of limited water resources. The proposed" "research will provide much needed information regarding actual farmer response to water conservation/pricing to evaluate the impacts and effectiveness of conservation pricing in agriculture." "conservation, economics, mathematical models, water demand, policy analysis" "water conservation" "n/a" "USGS" $16196.00 "WRRI" $12500.00 "Econ-NMSU c/s" $19764.00 "NMSU ind cost" $19865.00 "01423933" "Complete" "Title IX LTED Economic Adjustment Assistance" "Tom Bahr" "NMWRRI" "NMSU" "Tom McGuckin, Bob Creel" "Economics, NMWRRI" "NMSU" 19960601 00000 19970312 00000 19970930 00000 "The NMWRRI is primarily responsible for the data collection and hydrologic modeling required to determine optimum use of surface water, and the legal, policy, and institutional analysis of surface water use. In conjunction with other partners, they are" "responsible for economic analysis and modeling, and integration of data into a geographic information system. All tasks will encompass the geographic region of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo from Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico to Presidio, Texas/Ojinaga," "Chihuahua with a focus on the El Paso/Juarez/Las Cruces area. Results are to be reported in geographically defined sub regions where appropriate, as well as region wide." "hydrologic modeling, GIS, surface water use, economic analysis," "water conservation" "n/a" "UTEP (Dpt Com)" $146391.00 "NMSU Ind Cost" $22491.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423929" "Complete" "Regional Water Planning" "Tom Bahr" "NMWRRI" "NMSU" 19960423 00000 19980422 00000 "Funds provided by the Regional Water Planning and Assessment Appropriation (FY96) through the NM Interstate Stream Commission to be used as a portion of the New Mexico contribution in a cooperative study with Texas entities adjacent to the Rio Grande bet" "state line." "feasibility, water planning, conservation" "water conservation" "n/a" "NMISC" $50000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423931" "Complete" "NM Pesticide Management Plan 1996" "Bob Creel" "NMWRRI" "NMSU" 19960401 00000 19960930 00000 "Principal investigator will be assisting the NM Department of Agriculture in the development of a plan for the state of New Mexico addressing the potiential of pesticide contamination of groundwater." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS" "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA(EPA)" $30000.00 "NMSU ind costs" $11850.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423928" "Complete" "Institutional Considerations Associated with Water Management Alternatives" "John Hernandez" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "Tom Bahr" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19960308 00000 19960608 00000 "Institutional considerations that would likely be associated with water management alternatives addressed in the Middle Rio Grande Water Assessment will be identified and evaluated. This will be accomplished through literature review, interviews with rep" "resentatives of involved institutions, and by iniating dialogues among various interests." "water management, Middle Rio Grande Water Assessment, institutional considerations" "water conservation" "Bur of Rec" $21734.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01992081" "Complete" "National Institute Water Directors (NIWR) 1996 and 1997 Annual Meetings" "Cathy OrtegaKlett" "WRRI" "NMSU" "T Bahr" 19960115 00000 19970630 00000 "Income source is registration fees for meetings; expenses will be paid from the account, then remaining balance forwarded to the treasury of NIWR" "National Institute Water Directors, NIWR, conference" "n/a" "n/a" "NIWR reg fees" $27570.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423926" "Complete" "Analysis of the Environmental Impact of the Southwest Regional Spaceport on the Water Resources" "Bob Creel" "Water Resources Research Institute" "New Mexico State University" 19951018 00000 19960630 00000 19960731 00000 "Will perform an analysis of the environmental impact of the Southwest Regional Spaceport on the water resources of the Jornada area of Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM in accordance with a mutually agreed Statement of Work." "environmental impact, spaceport, water resources" "water conservation" "n/a" "NMSU-PSL" $9000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345673" "Complete" "Determination of Agricultural Pesticide Impacts on Shallow Groundwater in the Middle Rio Grande Valley" "Robert Bowman" "Geoscience" "New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology" 19951001 00000 19960930 00000 "The research will provide information for producers, the NM Environment Department and other responsible agencies on adverse impacts (if any) due to typical agricultural practices in the Rio Grande valley. The results could provide information" "that may lead to stricter guidelines regarding the use of specific agricultural chemicals in the state or show that they may be safely used under NM agricultural conditions. The research will allow pesticide transport data to be collected to test a model" "under realistic field conditions." "pesticides, groundwater pollution, model testing, tile drainage, solute transport, soil physics" "water quality" "308" "WRRI" $20582.00 "NMIMT" $22325.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423935" "Complete" "Geologic Membrane Controls on Saturated Zone Heavy Metal Transport" "Mike Whitworth" "NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources" "NMIMT" 19950701 00000 19970831 00000 "Project will attempt to verify and quantify clay-membrane induced precipitation of heavy metals in contaminated plumes to improve the fundamental understanding of the behavior of heavy metal contaminants in the subsurface. If the results of the research" " show that aquifers with bounding shale may ultimately be self cleaning of heavy metal contamination, they would have application at contaminated sites throughout the world." "membrane processes, chemical precipitation, clays, heavy metals, contaminant, physicochemical properties" "water quality" "303" "USGS Sec 104" $14622.00 "USGS Coop Agrmt" $17660.00 "NMBMM cs" $19205.00 "NMIMT ind costs" $25031.00 "01423924B" "Complete" "An Assay for Toxic Chemicals Using Microorganisms" "James Botsford" "Biology" "NMSU" 19950701 00000 19960630 00000 "This project will test a bacteria assay to determine the toxicity of agricultural chemicals as well as mine wastes and chemical residues. If the preliminary testing proves to be effective, collaboration with agricultural researchers could be pursued to" "follow the degradation of agricultural chemicals in New Mexico soils. Ultimately, if successful, the test could provide a simple, inexpensive method to monitor efforts to clean up toxic problem areas." "agricultural chemicals, agricultural runoff, bacteria, mineral water, toxicity, water treatment, water quality" "water quality" "#301" "USGS" $15031.00 "NMSU ind cost cs" $5937.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345672" "Complete" "Environmental Factors Influencing Mercury Concentrations in Water and Sediments in Caballo Reservoir" "Colleen Caldwell" "Fishery & Wildlife" "NMSU" 19950701 00000 19970831 00000 "Spatial distribution of methylmercury concentrations will be measured and correlated with physical and chemical environmental factors through time. Information obtained in the study will be used to complement parallel studies to determine mercury's trans" "port, fate, and biomagnification in New Mexico's reservoirs. Frontier Geosciences, Inc. of Seattle will provide the analytical support while training a graduate student." "mercury, methylmercury, transport, reservoir, sediments, organic carbon" "water quality" "306" "WRRI" $47317.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $18053.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423936B" "Complete" "Arsenic Removal from Groundwater Using Ferrate" "Michael Johnson" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19950701 00000 19970831 00000 "This project will examine the use of ferrate as a safe and efficient alternative to chlorine. New EPA regulations are expected to affect both the drinking water and industrial wastewater treatment industries. This research will begin to address" "anticipated new treatment levels for arsenic removal. Treatment advances should reduce the treatment chemical costs and the need for disposal of large amounts of sludge." "arsenic, water treatment, drinking water, chemical precipitation" "water quality" "307" "USGS Sect 104" $24116.00 "USGS Coop Agrmt" $24905.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $19737.00 $0.00 "01423925" "Complete" "Transferral of a Bibliography of Water Related Materials to Electronic Database" "Bob Creel" "NM Water Resources Research Institute" "NMSU" 19950629 00000 19950901 00000 19980531 00000 "The NMWRRI will enter information provided by the NMISC into a database structure for bibliographies. This information will assist the various regional planning areas in determining the future water supply needs of the regions by providing a bibliograph" "y of water supply related reports, studies, data and other published and unpublished material that can be accessed electronically." "bibliography, database, water supply reports" "water conservation, planning & management" "n/a" "NMISC" $13300.00 "WRRI-NMSU i/c cs" $5351.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423920" "Complete" "Modeling and Evaluation of the Effects of Residential Water Conservation Price and Non Price Programs in Urban Areas of the Western U.S." "Tom McGuckin" "Economics" "NMSU" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19950201 00000 19961201 00000 19970315 00000 "Data will be collected and analyzed to identify trends in water use, impacts of water conservation efforts, socioeconomics and climatic related parameter changes. The revenue-consumption model developed at NMSU will be applied along with alternative mod" "ls to develop a core model of water demand and conservation programs that can be broadly applied in different urban and regional areas." "Municipal water conservation, conservation programs, residential water consumption, Bruvold-Fisher, modeling" "water conservation" "n/a" "U of WY AWWA-RF" $13200.00 "NMSU ind costs" $6812.00 "USGS Coop Agrmt" $10000.00 $0.00 "01423918" "Complete" "Modelling and Evaluation of Residential Water Conservation Price and Non Price Programs in the Urban Areas in the Western United States" "Tom McGuckin" "Economics" "NMSU" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19950116 00000 19960630 00000 "This project will concentrate on the construction of a model that compensates for missing DURC (distribution of users by rate classes) data through the use of revenue and rate data. The model can be used in conjunction with the Bruvold-Fisher model and t" "o estimate price effects. University researchers in five Western States are cooperating in the study. The results should provide valuable information to water managers, utilities, and other AWWA members." "water conservation, urban demand, water quality Bruvold-Fisher" "water conservation" "n/a" "USGS Coop. Agmt." $10000.00 "NMSU Ind Costs" $4620.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423947B" "Complete" "Trans International Boundary Aquifers in The New Mexico Portion of The El Paso / Juarez Region" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Kennedy, J. Hawley, A. Hanson, Z. Samani, N. Khandan" "Geology, CAGE" "NMSU" 19941001 00000 19950930 00000 19990930 00000 "This project will provide the resources to jointly participate with entities from Texas and The Republic of Mexico on a project to identify, compile, characterize, and analyze groundwater information in the border region encompassing southern New Mexico" "and El Paso/Juarez. Existing data will be aggregated and incorporated into a Geographic Information System." "groundwater, water supply, water quality, geographic information system, border" "water quality" "305,TWDB rpt" "EPA" $149998.00 "WRRI" $44663.00 "NMSU IDC" $77524.00 $0.00 "01423912" "Complete" "Pesticide Management Plan-Phase VI" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19941001 00000 19950930 00000 "This project will identify and review programs of existing agencies that can be incorporated into GIS or other vulnerability assessment methods. It will also assist NMDA with information and recommendations for design and development of monitoring progra" "ms for pesticides for a statewide program." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, hydrogeological data, GIS, vulnerability assessment" "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA" $32000.00 "WRRI" $14784.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423917" "Complete" "Evaluation of Possible Nematode Infestation of the Sunland Park Water Distribution and Supply System" "Walter Zachritz" "SWTDI" "NMSU" "A. Hanson B. Creel" "CAGE WRRI" "NMSU" 19941001 00000 19950930 00000 "This project will sample, collect, enumerate and report nematode data to determine a sample protocals and specific sample site requirements in terms of filter and filter connections and other factors that will be required. A water system distribution mod" "elling approach will be used. A formal sample plan with a master map will be developed." "water supply system, nematode infestation, border" "water quality" "EPA" $49823.00 "NMSU" $23018.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423913" "Complete" "Assessing Vulnerability of Groundwater Aquifers in New Mexico to Contamination from Pesticides" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Z. Samani T. Sammis" "CAGE Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" 19941001 00000 19950930 00000 "This project will utilize a Geographic Information Systems (GIS), chemical movement process models, unsaturated flow models, and hydrology models to develop a procedure for mapping groundwater vulnerablility to pesticides. The effort continues the develo" "pment of a State Management Plan for Pesticides by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture." "pesticide contamination, geographic information systems, modeling, vulnerability" "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA (EPA)" $85320.00 "WRRI" $5000.00 "NMSU" $39418.00 $0.00 "01345631C" "Complete" "Arsenate Precipitation by the Ferrous-Acid-Oxidation Method for the Removal of Arsenic from Water" "Fernando Cadena" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19940701 00000 19950630 00000 "This project will evaluate the chemical requirements for the removal of arsenates from water by means of oxidizing ferrous salts in acidic environments. Optimization of this chemical process will allow us to determine engineering design criteria in futur" "e phases of the project. The results of the research could benefit many communities that may fail to meet emminent regulatory constraints. " "arsenic, treated water, industrial wastewater, potable water" "water quality" "293" "WRRI" $10000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423921" "Complete" "Selective Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water Supplies Using Immobilized Humic Substances" "Gary Rayson" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19940701 00000 19960630 00000 "This project will evaluate a new heavy metal recovery agent for one extraction of toxic metals from contaminated waters. Specifically, the conditions under which these materials are most effective and the identifications of those heavy metals which can b" "e accumulated from water under laboratory conditions will be determined. It is necessary to identify and characterize alternate binding agents which can be inexpensively produced in order to feasibly consider the application to the treatment of heavy met" "al polluted water. (year 2 of 2)" "humic acids, chemical treatment, biomass, heavy metals" "water quality" "# 300" "USGS" $47428.00 "WRRI/NMSU" $19625.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345676B" "Complete" "Temporal Variability of Diffuse Groundwater Recharge in New Mexico" "Jan Hendrickx" "Geosciences" "NMIMT" "Tim Jones" "Agronomy & Horticulture" "NMSU" 19940701 00000 19961231 00000 19970630 00000 "The results of this project study will help evaluate the temporal variability of diffuse groundwater recharge in New Mexico. Such an understanding is needed for assessment of the future water supplies in New Mexico and will contribute to the knowledge o" "f groundwater recharge mechanisms in arid regions. This project will help continue high quality lysimeter measurements on arid vadose zone hydrology research efforts on the Jornado." "groundwater recharge, temporal variability, water flow" "surface groundwater relationships" "309" "USGS" $25000.00 "WRRI" $25000.00 "NMSU/NMIMT ind costs" $21989.00 $0.00 "01345669C" "Complete" "Economic Optimization of River Management Using Genetic Algorithms" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19940701 00000 19950630 00000 "This project will investigate the use of genetic algorithms to provide a management tool for improving the economic performance of river basin management. Development of techniques that successfully optimize river operation will provide management tools" "to better utilize scarce water resources. Management tools with increases optimization capabilities will promote comprehensive watershed management and accomodate water quality considerations." "reservoir management, mathmatical models, optimization, planning." "water conservation" "295" "WRRI" $24576.00 "WRRI/NMSU" $11354.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423989" "Complete" "Blaney Criddle Crop Coefficient Development" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19940609 00000 19940730 00000 19940831 00000 "This project will verify or recalibrate Blaney Criddle (Soil Conservation Service Modified) crop coefficient for alfalfa and pasture grasses based on local New Mexico data. An assessment of one quality of the resulting coefficients and a comparison with" "textbook values and original Blaney Criddle estimate will be included in the report to the Bureau of Reclamation." "crop coefficient, Blaney Criddle, crop data" "water conservation" "n/a" "Bur. of Rec." $11889.00 "WRRI" $2874.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345630C" "Complete" "Extending the Bruvold-Fisher Model of Residential Water Conservation to Major Urban Areas of the Southwestern U.S." "Tom McGuckin" "Economics" "NMSU" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19940516 00000 19940831 00000 19940930 00000 "The results of this project will, on a limited basis indicate the potential effectiveness of water conservation policies in reducing residential demand on regional water supplies. Ultimately the project should extend the Bruvold-Fisher model of residenti" "al demand to major urban areas of the southwestern U.S. A secondary objective will be to emperically determine if water quality significantly increases residential water consumption." "water conservation, Bruvold-Fisher Model, residential, urban demand" "water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $5500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345655B" "Active" "Geographic Information System for Water Resources Planning" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" "John Kennedy" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19940210 00000 20991231 00000 "This project will increase availability and accessibility of water resource information to support water resource planning and management in the state. Its two tasks include: spacial data library accessibility (maintain and establish arrangements to" "provide access to spacial data maintained by other agencies and organizations); spacial data development (evaluate needs, establish priorities and develop spacial data within the WRRI otherwise unavailable)." "geographic information systems, water resources information, data development, education" "water conservation" "n/a" "USGS Coop Agrmt" $48085.00 "NMSU ind costs" $95331.00 "USGS St Base Grt" $124757.00 "WRRI" $174241.00 "01423986" "Complete" "New Mexico Pesticide Management Plan (Phase 5)" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19931001 00000 19940930 00000 "The project will focus on two areas in support of New Mexico Department of Agriculture's Management Plan for pesticides and groundwater. Aquifer vulnerability and monitoring for pesticide contamination will be addressed more fully than in previous phases" " of the overall study." "pesticides, groundwater, contamination, regulation, aquifer" "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA" $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423980" "Complete" "Fully Adapt Comprehensive Resource Planning Analysis (RIOFISH)" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Tim Ward Frank Ward" "CAGE Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19930902 00000 19940731 00000 19940902 00000 "This is the final phase of the RIOFISH project which began in 1980. The investigators will integrate existing sport fishing data into a computer-stored database that can be easily retrieved and reorganized in a variety of user-controlled formats. Inves" "tigators will also work with a NMG&F planner to produce a more effective strategic and operational planning process for sport fisheries management. They will also make the existing planning analytical tools easier and less time consuming to use." "fisheries, management, computer models," "water conservation" "291,292" "NMDG&F" $130000.00 "CAGE" $15240.00 "Ag Econ" $4614.00 "Fish & Wildlife" $16176.00 "01423987" "Complete" "Rainfall Simulation at the Sevilleta Research Site" "Tim Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19930901 00000 19931031 00000 "Funding will be used to conduct a rainfall simulation at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in conjunction with a broader project entitled 'Sewage Sludge Application in Semiarid Grasslands: Effects on Vegetation and Water Quality.'" "sewage sludge, rainfall simulation, Sevilleta" "water quality" "n/a" "Forest Service" $3000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423978" "Complete" "Water Conservation Study" "Phil King" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19930701 00000 19940630 00000 "This study is part of a larger project entitled 'Extending the Model of Residential Water Conservation Nature and Scope' supported by UC/Berkeley, Water Resources Center. A graduate student will develop a master's thesis on model development of residenti" "al consumption based on water use data from metropolitan areas of the southwest. Data will come from water districts selected from AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, UT, and WY and cover the period 1980 to 1992. The study will esta-blish relationships between various" "conservation measures and resulting changes in water use patterns." "Water conservation, residential water use, policy, ecnomics, metropolitan areas" "water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $14100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423999" "Complete" "Biochemistry and Genetics of Salt and Dissecation Tolerance: The Case of Dehydrin Proteins" "Peter J. Lammers" "Chemistry & Biochemistry" "NMSU" 19930701 00000 19950630 00000 19950831 00000 "This project will increase knowledge of water-stress biochemistry and the genetics of water stress adaptation. The focus of the research is a well known protein, dehydrin, whose expression is highly correlated with water stress. The researcher will try t" "o extend the search for dehydrin-like proteins to a moderately salt tolerant unicellular cyanobacterium. The second objective is to monitor cyano-dehydrin expression following three types of stress in three filamentous stains." "arid lands, biochemistry, cyanophyta, plant physiology, proteins, salt tolerance, water stress" "water conservation" "# 299" "USGS" $49696.00 "WRRI/NMSU" $22585.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423979" "Complete" "Alternative Means by which Science/Technology and Law/Policy may be Vertically Integrated on a Regional Scale" "Tom Bahr" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19930701 00000 19931231 00000 "NMWRRI is contributing funds to the Wyoming WRC for services provided by George Sherk, Esq. Sherk is being funded to address a range of alternative means by which the water resources research institutes of the Colorado River Basin might fulfill the scien" "tific and technical needs of water law and policy development within that basin. The primary goal is to review a range of alternatives and to determine the most appropriate means by which the Powell Consortium may provide the technical and scientific bas" "is for regional decision-making on water law and policy issues." "law, policy, science, technology, regional studies" "water conservation" "n/a" "USGS Coop Agrmt" $9000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423975" "Complete" "New Mexico Pesticide Management Plan - Phase IV" "Bob Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19921001 00000 19930930 00000 "This project will identify and review programs of existing agencies that have or will be developing hydrogeological data, agricultural cropland uses, and pesticide uses that can be incorporated into GIS or other vulnerability assessment methods. The proj" "ect will also assist NMDA and the task force with information and recommendations for design and development of monitoring programs for a state-wide pesticide program. Also, various program descriptions from state and federal agencies, cooperative extens" "ion, and other entities will be collected." "pesticide, groundwater contamination, land use," "water quality" "n/a" "NMDA" $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423972" "Complete" "Review of Channel Morphology vs Streamflow Relations at Effective Discharge for the Forest Service Arizona Watershed Studies" "Tim Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19920916 00000 19931230 00000 19950930 00000 "The PI will review channel maintenance and instream data and specific long-term effective discharge vs bank full flow characteristics of control watersheds at Thomas Creek, Beaver Creek, Three Bar and Parker/Pocket Creek. Channel geomorphic vs streamflow" " relationships will be developed along with key factors determining channel morphology for basins of this size. Recommendations for further study of these issues will be made." "channel morphology, streamflow, discharge, watershed, Arizona" "water quality" "n/a" "Forest Service" $50000.00 "WRRI" $22350.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423969" "Complete" "Rainfall Simulation to Estimate Potential Sediment Loadings to the Albuquerque North Diversion Channel" "Tim Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19920911 00000 19921130 00000 "The purpose of this study is to determine the potential sediment loading abilities of the upland watershed surfaces as sources of sediment inflow to the Albuquerque North Diversion Channel. The study will be conducted using rainfall simulation at three s" "ites selected by the Corps of Engineers." "rainfall simulation, sediment loading, watershed, inflow" "water quality" "278" "Corps of Engin." $10000.00 "WRRI" $2500.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423970" "Complete" "NIWR Newsletter Publication" "Tom Bahr" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19920910 00000 19930909 00000 19960630 00000 "This grant will support the production and distribution of a series of technical publications addressing water resources research and technology. The publication will contain information from the results of work conducted by all 54 State Water Research I" "nstitute Programs. The NM WRRI will produce this series on behalf of the National Institutes for Water Resources. Publications will be semi-annually, and will be mailed to the institutions involved in the State Water Research Institute Program." "newsletter, publications, information transfer, institutes," "water conservation, water quality" "n/a" "USGS" $39741.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423968" "Complete" "Large Area Rainfall Simulation on Sewage Sludge Amended and Natural Grassland Plots" "Tim Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19920804 00000 19921231 00000 "This project will be a large-plot study of hydrologic transport processes which may affect sludge disposal. Researchers will install and operate a rainfall simulation system as the precipitation input on a plot to which sludge has been applied. With simu" "lation, the rainfall rate, duration, and water quality can be controlled and measured, and the rainfall from the plot can be observed, measured, and sampled." "rainfall, runoff, sludge, precipitation, hydrologic processes," "water quality" "n/a" "Fort Collins" $7270.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423962" "Complete" "Regional Water Planning" "Bob Creel Leslie Blair" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J. Phil King Mike Riley Albert Racelis" "CAGE EBID County of Dona" "NMSU" 19920701 00000 19920630 00000 19940830 00000 "This project is associated with a larger grant to assist the County of Dona Ana in long-term planning of water resources needs in terms of water quantity and quality. WRRI will coordinate public meetings, presentations and forums and administer the proje" "ct. King will coordinate & compile all technical activities performed by DAC and EBID, and provide help in the hydrology, hydraulics, public water supply, agricultural water use, water quality & quantity, con-servation and related subjects." "regional water planning, Dona Ana County, EBID" "water conservation, water quality" "ISC" $112259.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423956" "Complete" "Quantitative Analysis of the Influence of Carbon Amendment on Bioremediation of Cyanide Groundwater and Soil" "Clifford Dahm" "Biology" "UNM" 19920701 00000 19930630 00000 "This study will provide quantitative data concerning critical aspects of contaminant biodegradation necessary for the site specific implementation of in situ bioremediation. Specific areas to be addressed include the determining factors limiting the bior" "emdiation rates; more effective monitoring and control of processes; and determining the concentrations and products of contaminant degradation to serve as a basis for determining the transport, fate and possible toxicity of the chemical products generat" "ed as a result of bioremediation" "cyanide, biological treatment, water quality, water pollution prevention, bacterial physiology, radioisotope" "water quality" "281" "USGS" $24861.00 "UNM" $12058.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423973" "Complete" "Department of Energy Water Research and Education Program" "Tom Bahr" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Ron Bhada" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19920701 00000 19930630 00000 19940630 00000 "The Department of Energy is providing supplemental funds through the USGS annual allocation program. Montana Water Resources Research Institute is the lead institute and will compile the final report which represents work of eight institutes. NMWRRI in c" "oncert with Colorado will analyze regulatory systems and identify high priority education and training needs. At least one training event to field test the developed plan will take place." "education, training, regulation, needs assessment" "water conservation" "n/a" "USGS" $128674.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423997" "Complete" "Biodegradation of Trihalomethanes (THMs) and Halogenated Aliphatic Compounds by Groundwater Bacteria" "Geoffrey B. Smith" "Biology" "NMSU" 19920701 00000 19950630 00000 19951230 00000 "This project will investigate the potential for prosthecate bacteria to degrade and reduce the toxicity of halogenated aliphatic compounds commonly found in groundwater or in chlorinated drinking water supplies. This study will help in the understanding" " of the genes coded for enzymes which mediate biodegradation." "biodegradation, halogenated hydrocarbons, groundwater, surface water, anaerobic bacteria, wastewater treatment" "water quality" "# 298" "USGS" $75083.00 "WRRI/NMSU" $29914.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345698" "Complete" "A Hydrothermal Study of Vertical Groundwater Flow along a Profile Crossing the Rio Grande at the Canutillo Well Field" "Marshall Reiter" "NM Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources" "NMIMT" 19920701 00000 19930630 00000 "This project will provide basic parameters for modeling well fields. Models will indicate data about the water usage in the Mesilla Valley and how that usage effects the groundwater system and the communication between the groundwater system and the Rio" "Grande." "hydrothermal, vertical groundwater flow, heat flow, thermal conductivity, temperature gradient, hydraulic" "water conservation" "282" "WRRI" $22700.00 "Bureau of Mines" $10218.00 "NMIMT" $13317.00 $0.00 "01423957" "Complete" "Evaluating Procedures for Developing and Applying Policy Analytical Tools for Fish and Wildlife Management in New Mexico" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Frank Ward Tim Ward" "Agricultural Economics CAGE" "NMSU" 19920521 00000 19931031 00000 "This project will recommend procedures for developing and applying policy analytical tools for fish and wildlife management that simulate present and future landscape conditions, potential shared visions of desirable future conditions of landscapes, and" "integrated resource management planning systems designed to facilitate attainment of desired future conditions." "fisheries, computer modeling, policy, fish management" "water conservation" "283" "NMDGF" $462200.00 "WRRI" $25000.00 "AES" $75000.00 "NMSU" $150807.00 "01423955" "Complete" "Erosion Modeling Task Associated with the Depleted Uranium Risk Assessment at Yuma Proving Ground" "Tim Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19920508 00000 19920930 00000 19940630 00000 "The objective of this project is to evaluate the risk to ecosystems and human health of continued testing of depleted uranium munitions at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Yuma Proving Ground. The following will be examined 1) does depleted uranium move from" "soils and water into the ecosystem; 2) what concentrations in soils and water are accumulated by specific organisms; 3) how reliable are the values determined from the preliminary models; 4) how reliable is the risk estimate for the human populations." "uranium, water quality, ecosystems, erosion, human health, ecology, enviroment, risk assessment" "water quality" "286" "LANL" $40500.00 "WRRI" $4500.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345697" "Complete" "Vegetative History of the Pecos Basin" "Jeff Brown" "History" "NMSU" "Rex Pieper" "Animal and Range Sciences" "NMSU" 19920501 00000 19930630 00000 19931201 00000 "This is a joint project between NMSU, Carrizozo, Chaves, Hagerman-Dexter, Tierra y Montes, and Upper Hondo soil and water conservation districts and the Soil Conservation Service. The objective of the Cooperative Basin Study is to determine if vegetative" " change in the Pecos River Basin has influenced water yields and if improvement of the basin's watershed condition can increase the water quantity and/or improve water quality. It is thought that vegetative change over the past 13 decades has reduced the" " water quantity and quality." "water conservation, joint study, Pecos River Basin, water quality, vegetation, watershed, forecast, history" "water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $8200.00 "A&S" $21936.00 "Agric" $17517.00 $0.00 "01423960" "Complete" "New Mexico Pesticide Management" "Bobby J. Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19911001 00000 19920930 00000 "This project consists of expanded review of existing water quality laws and regulations to assess the level of authority available to develop a Pesticide Management Plan. This project expands on earlier assessments conducted for pesticides in phases I an" "d II. It will also expand review of existing water supply laws and regulations to assess the level of authority provided therein to incorporate a pesticide management plan." "pesticides, water quality, water supply, management, groundwater data base" "water quality" "na" "NMDA" $12546.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423954" "Complete" "Cyclic Flexure of Surficial Strata in Response to Seasonal Groundwater Withdrawal from the Mimbres Basin, NM" "William C. Haneberg" "Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources" "NMIMT" 19910715 00000 19920714 00000 19921014 00000 "The study will observe the deformation of surficial strata in response to seasonal groundwater level fluctuations and determine whether mechanical models of monoclinal flexure adequately describe the observed deformation. The project will provide a bett" "er under-standing of the way surficial materials deform in response to aquifer depletion. The developed model will provide engineers and planners with a tool when dealing with expanding groundwater demand." "aquifer characteristics, geomorphology, geophysics, irrigation, subsidence" "water conservation" "274" "USGS" $35097.00 "WRRI" $14810.00 "NMBM&MR" $23230.00 $0.00 "01423976" "Complete" "Wetting Front Instability in the Vadose Zone of New Mexico's Soils" "Jan M.H. Hendrickx" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19910701 00000 19930630 00000 19940630 00000 "This study will indicate in which manner unstable wetting front theories can be applied for the prediction of fingering in the dry homogeneous and layered soils of New Mexico. This is needed if we are to understand herbicide and pesticide contamination" "of groundwater, for design and operation of landfills, and for planning of storage facilities for radioactive waste." "unstable wetting front, preferential flow paths, water flow, groundwater contamination, herbicides, pesticides" "water quality" "296" "WRRI" $78838.00 "NMIMT" $30709.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423984" "Complete" "An Expanded Suite of Tracers for Hydrological Investigations" "Robert Bowman" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19910701 00000 19930630 00000 19941231 00000 "Tracers have long been used to follow the movement of water through soils and groundwater. Determining the direction and velocity of water flow is the first step in the analysis of subsurface chemical transport. Ex-panding the number of tracers will h" "elp researchers, regulators and persons charged with remediation of contaminated water supplies. This project will test fluorobenzoic acid derivatives for use as tracers." "tracers, solute transport, saturated flow, unsaturated flow, dispersion, water analysis, groundwater recharge" "water quality" "294" "USGS" $74853.00 "WRRI" $39235.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423946" "Complete" "Air Quality Studies in Albuquerque, NM" "Carl Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" 19910601 00000 19920531 00000 19920615 00000 "This project will enhance educational training and research capabilities in the area of air quality related subjects as applied to environmental air pollution problems in New Mexico. The project will model and predict changes in atmospheric concentratio" "ns of pollutants as a consequence of the use of alternative fuels especially oxy-fuels." "air quality, pollution, training, chemistry, atmospheric physics, Albuquerque" "water quality" "275" "Chino Mines" $35880.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423943A" "Complete" "Aquatic Ecology/Toxicology & Lab Course Development" "Carleton S. White" "Biology Department" "UNM" 19910601 00000 19911231 00000 "This project will develop and offer a course in 'Aquatic Ecology/Toxicology.' The project will provide non-biology graduates with the basic biological/ecological concepts and principles that control the fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in the env" "ironment. The course includes a weekly lab." "ecology, toxicology, aquatic, biological control, fate of inorganic and organic chemicals, environment" "water quality" "266" "Chino Mines" $9550.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423942A" "Complete" "Environmental Undergraduate Fellows and Seminar Program" "Ron Bhada" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" 19910601 00000 19920531 00000 "Funds will be used to support the Waste Management Education and Research Consortium program by providing undergraduate fellowships for students enrolled in the environmental management program. A series of threeseminars featuring world class experts pr" "esenting papers on topics concerning New Mexico's environmental issues will be held." "education, waste management, hazardous wastes, solid wastes, training" "Water Quality" "n/a" "Chino Mines" $34717.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423947A" "Complete" "Experimental Investigation of Unstable Wetting Fronts in Dry Homogeneous Soils Without Layering" "Jan Hendrickx" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "William Stone" "Mathematics" "NMIMT" 19910401 00000 19920531 00000 19920831 00000 "This research will explore and extend present theories on unstable wetting fronts through hydrodynamic stability analysis of planar wave front solution; inspect experimentally new solutions and existing theories in a three-dimensional flow field under co" "ntrolled conditions in a non-weighing lysimeter in the laboratory." "groundwater quality, wetting fronts, recharge, contamination" "water quality" "na" "Chino Mines" $32840.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423948A" "Complete" "Side-by-Side Comparison of the Functioning Efficiency of a Conventional Septic Drain Field and Alternative Biofilter." "Eleonora Trotter" "Biology" "UNM" "Bruce Thomson" "Civil Engineering" "UNM" 19910401 00000 19920331 00000 19930630 00000 "This project will test an experimental biofilter that can be compared with a conventional system. The results will provide Environment Department, environmental engineering firms and public with information concerning the experimental biofilter's effici" "ency when the system is overloaded, drying of the system, and using plant monocultures or a diverse plant community." "environmental degradation, waste products, sewage treatment, biological filters" "water quality" "287" "Chino Mines" $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423944A" "Complete" "Long Term Effects of Sewage Lagoons and ET Beds on Groundwater Quality" "Al Blair" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "Ricardo Jacquez and Phil King" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19910401 00000 19920531 00000 "The project will develop new groundwater remediation, pollution monitoring, and wastewater treatment through analysis of sites which have experienced long-term disposal of residential sewage. It will evaluate current procedures for designing and permitt" "ing on-site residential wastewater treatment and will provide training opportunities and data concerning on-site wastewater treatment in New Mexico." "wastewater treatment, remediation, pollution monitoring, residential sewage" "water quality" "271" "Chino Mines" $38997.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345699" "Complete" "Sewage Sludge Application in Semiarid Grasslands: Effects on Vegetation and Water Quality" "James Gosz" "Biology" "UNM" "Richard Aguilar Tim Ward" "Biology CAGE" "UNM NMSU" 19910401 00000 19930630 00000 19931031 00000 "This project will determine the effects of sewage sludge application on soils and vegetation in a grassland environment within the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge; determine how subsequent changes in vegetation following sludge application influence w" "ater and sediment yield; and, determine the fate of potential contaminants introduced by sludge applications within this grassland environment." "sewage sludge, grassland, groundwater contamination, fertilizer, rangeland degradation, soil erosion" "water quality" "285" "Chino Mines" $28016.00 "WRRI" $24375.00 "UNM" $11822.00 $0.00 "01423953" "Complete" "Agricultural Chemical Management" "Bobby J. Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19901001 00000 19910930 00000 "This project will expand the review of existing water quality laws and regulations to assess the level of authority available to develop a Pesticide Management Plan. Further, a review will be conducted of existing agencies that have or will be developin" "g hydrogeological data for incorporation into GIS or other vulnerability assessment. A groundwater/pesticide data base will be developed along with a monitoring program." "pesticides, groundwater contamination, water quality, management, planning" "water quality" "NA" "NMDA" $45863.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423941" "Complete" "Factors Influencing the Downslope Delivery of Landslide Material" "Timothy Ward" "Civil, Agricultural, and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19900904 00000 19910930 00000 19920930 00000 "The project will summarize statistics of landslide delivery data supplied by the Forest Service in total and by important influencing factors such as landslide type, year of occurrence, landslide cause, site properties, and forest management factors." "landslide, forest management, mountains, runoff" "water quality" "288" "Forest Service" $9991.00 "WRRI" $4316.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345694" "Complete" "Low Volatile Organics in Ground Water - Techno-Economic Evaluation of an Innovative Treatment Process" "N. Nirmala Khandan" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19900701 00000 19920630 00000 19920731 00000 "The major goal of the project is to complete the research and development work in advancing the cascade air-stripping process from laboratory level to field implementation level. This novel air-stripping process will be valuable for dealing with organic" " contaminants not feasible by conventional air-stripping, and holds promise for removal of taste and odor components too." "aeration, benefit-cost analysis, groundwater quality, organic compounds, pollution control" "water quality" "270" "WRRI" $49921.00 "Geoscience Cons." $8500.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345693" "Complete" "Manipulation of Water Use Efficiency and Quality through Genetic Engineering of Nematode Resistance" "Champa Sengupta Gopalan" "Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory" "NMSU" "Stephen Thomas" "Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science" "NMSU" 19900701 00000 19920630 00000 "The objective of this project is to develop a novel, environmentally safe method to control nematode damage to crop plants, thus improving their water-use efficiency. This will be done by genetically engineering into plants a gene which would enable the" " plant to produce a enzyme capable of killing/immobolizing invading nematode pests." "agriculture, biotechnology, crop water use, groundwater quality, plant pathology" "water conservation, water quality" "N/A" "WRRI" $49805.00 "PGEL" $47596.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345692" "Complete" "Depletion of Ground Water in New Mexico's Confined Aquifers: Developing Policy Relevant Economic Measures" "H. Stuart Burness" "Economics" "UNM" 19900701 00000 19920630 00000 "The research will focus on the economic variables as well as institutional factors which would delimit an appropriate model of optimal ground water use. An important consideration is the inclusion of an appropriately specified terminal value function wh" "ich reflects the costs of premature resource depletion. No technical completion report. Journal article in Water Resources Research, Vol 30, No. 6, pgs 1873-1880 June 1994 'Planning Versus Competitive Rates of Groundwater Pumping'" "economics, groundwater management, policy analysis, socioeconomic issues" "water conservation" "NA" "WRRI" $60546.00 "UNM" $4813.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345691" "Complete" "Manipulation of Aquifer Environmental Factors to Enhance Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants" "Clifford Dahm" "Biology" "UNM" "Mary Watwood" "Biology" "UNM" 19900701 00000 19910630 00000 "The proposed study will provide quantitative data concerning specific aspects of contaminant biodegradation necessary for the site specific implementation of in situ bioremediation." "biodegradation, biological control, biological treatment, bacteria, hazardous waste, pollutants," "water quality" "264" "WRRI" $37009.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423951" "Complete" "Analysis of Relationships Between Lightning, Precipitation and Runoff" "James Gosz" "Biology" "UNM" "William Rison Tim Ward" "Physics CAGE" "NMIMT NMSU" 19900501 00000 19920630 00000 "The objective of this project is to determine how accurately rainfall amounts and intensities can be predicted using existing rain gauge data and remotely acquired information on cloud-to-ground lightning location, strength of discharge, temporal density" ", and spatial density." "rainfall, runoff, storm water management, statistics, geographic information system" "surface groundwater relationships" "276" "USGS" $49789.00 "WRRI" $2802.00 "NMIMT" $6493.00 "UNM" $15174.00 "01423952A" "Complete" "Three-Dimensional Pump Tests for Determining Aquifer Permeability Anisotropy" "Chia-Shyun Chen" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19900501 00000 19930630 00000 19930831 00000 "This research will conduct three-dimensional pump tests and use state-of-the-art techniques to characterize the three-dimensional permeability anisotropy of the aquifer being tested. This study will evaluate the assumption that vertical direction is a p" "rincipal direction of permeability anisotropy in pump tests; produce field data to verify flow theories or numerical models; enhance understanding of hydrogeology of the Sevilleta aquifer; and improve the quality of single-well tracer tests." "aquifer parameters, data analysis, ground water hydrology, ground water movement, well hydraulics" "water conservation" "279" "USGS" $74400.00 "WRRI" $21537.00 "NMIMT" $14022.00 $0.00 "01423638B" "Complete" "State Trust Land Resources, Assets and Issues Assessment and Analysis" "Tom Bahr" "Water Resource Research Institute" "NMSU" 19900423 00000 19901130 00000 "Members of the WRRI staff in conjunction with a state-wide assessment team will complete a study that analyzes and assesses the long and short term values of state trust land resources, assets and issues, as requested by the Commissioner of Public Lands" "of the State of New Mexico." "Geographic information systems, land use, land-water interactions, planning, state trust lands." "water conservation, water quality" "M23" "St.Land Office" $20000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423635" "Complete" "Infiltration Theory Applied to Field Measurements" "Timothy Ward" "Civil, Agricultural, and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19900314 00000 19901230 00000 "The investigator will conduct forest and rangeland renewable resources research and determine infiltration rates on semi-arid grasslands using theory and field data collected from plots. Manuscripts describing seasonality of infiltration rates will be t" "he final product of this project." "grasslands, infiltration rates, forest, rangeland" "water conservation" "na" "Forest Service" $4000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423936A" "Complete" "Conference - The Rio Grande Basin: Global Climate Change Scenarios" "Leslie Blair" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Bruce Thomson J. Gosz E. Trotter" "Civil Engr. Biology" "UNM" 19900301 00000 19900630 00000 "The purpose of the conference was to focus on the impacts of climate change and variability in the Rio Grande Basin. It was held on June 2, 1990 in Albuquerque. Invited participants attended workshops on June 1 to identify areas of research needed in c" "limate change and plan for future needs. Proceedings were prepared by UNM." "Information Dissemination, climate changes, planning" "Surface groundwater relationships" "M24" "Reg. Fees" $920.00 "Sandia Labs" $3000.00 "USGS" $2000.00 "Bur.Rec." $2000.00 "01423637" "Complete" "Developing a Plan for the State of New Mexico to Address the Potential of Pesticide Contamination of Ground Water" "Bob Creel" "Water Resources Research Institute" "NMSU" 19900101 00000 19900930 00000 "Will be assisting the New Mexico Department of Agriculture in the development of the plan. The work by the WRRI will be coordinated through the NMDA to facilitate the accomplishment of specific tasks." "Water quality, pesticides, contaminant transport" "Water quality" "N/A" "NMDA" $22937.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423634C" "Complete" "Nutrient Cycling Analysis of the Salt River Chain Reservoirs" "Timothy Ward" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "Frank Ward" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19890830 00000 19900930 00000 "The project will perform nutrient cycling analysis of the Salt River chain reservoirs using existing USGS water gauging data and data on total nitrogen, total phosphorus, air temperature, amounts of total suspended matter and total organic matter, and an" " estimate of existing fish population structure. The RIOFISH model will be used for the analysis. The project will also estimate economic benefits of various alternative management strategies for Saguaro Lake." "reservoirs, nutrient cycling, Salt River, computer model, Saguaro Lake, recreation, eonomics" "water conservation" "280" "Forest Service" $6000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345613" "Complete" "NMSU - Well Monitoring Project" "Bob Creel" "Water Resources Research" "NMSU" 19890801 00000 19900630 00000 "To provide services by a student hired through the Water Resources Research Institute under the cooperative agreement between the NMSU and the U.S. Geological Survey regarding university well monitoring as part of the monitoring network of the ground wat" "er flow system in the Mesilla Basin. Data collection to be used by various government agencies." "Groundwater, recharge, surface groundwater relationship" "surface groundwater relationships." "n/a" "NMSU" $3800.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423632B" "Complete" "Onsite Treatment of Septic Tank Effluent: An Evaluation of Rotating Biological Contactor Capabilities" "Ricardo Jacquez" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19890701 00000 19910630 00000 "The objective of the research is to evaluate the capabilities for a rotating biological contactor to be placed in tandem with a conventional septic-tank system for the purpose of oxidizing biodegradable organics as well as achieving nitrification and den" "itrification, thereby, reducing future ground water contamination." "biological treatment, ground water quality, pollution control, septic tanks" "water quality" "277" "USGS" $47242.00 "WRRI" $25430.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423631B" "Complete" "Field and Model Study of an Ephemeral Stream Aquifer System with a Clogging Layer" "Daniel B. Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19890701 00000 19890930 00000 "The objectives of the study are: 1) to demonstrate the viability of numerical models to predict the observed transient effects of stream aquifer interaction; 2) to identify the important controls on the development of clogging layers which restrict the i" "nteraction between ephemeral streams and groundwater; and 3) to develop a methodology to predict conditions favorable for the development and erosion of clogging layers beneath on ephemeral stream channel." "surface-groundwater relationships, groundwater modeling, hydrogeology, unsaturated flow" "surface groundwater relationship" "N/A" "USGS" $1840.00 "WRRI" $452.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345689" "Complete" "An Assessment of Alternative Policies for Managing Groundwater in the State of New Mexico" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" 19890701 00000 19900630 00000 19901231 00000 "The ultimate objective of this research is the development and justification of a set of measurable administrative variables which will adequately capture the multiobjective criteria relevant for ground water management in the state, and will attempt to" "balance the trade-offs among such criteria as they arise." "groundwater management, policy analysis, water law, economics" "water conservation" "NA" "WRRI" $24583.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423930" "Complete" "Preferential Flow Effects on Chemical Transport and Retardation in Soils" "Robert Bowman" "Geoscience" "NMMIT" 19890701 00000 19910630 00000 19911231 00000 "The goal of this research is to investigate, for a single soil and a single sorbed chemical, the relationship between degree of preferential flow and relative retardation. Research will focus on 1) determination of the degree of preferential water flow" "in intact soil under different water application conditions, and 2) determination of the relation of chemical retardation to degree of preferential water flow." "model studies, saturated flow, soil physics, solute transport, unsaturated flow" "surface groundwater relationships" "272" "USGS" $48560.00 "WRRI" $13408.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423950A" "Complete" "Somatic Cell Selection to Genetically Improve Plant Water Use Efficiency and Tolerances to Stress" "Gregory Phillips" "Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" "Glenn Kuehn" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19890701 00000 19920630 00000 19931231 00000 "The objective of this project is to develop drought and heat tolerant crop plants that conserve water. The approach involves advanced genetic research, using alfalfa and cotton as model systems. This project tests the specific hypothesis that the incre" "ased production of certain polyamines will confer higher degrees of crop water use efficiency and/or plant tolerances to drought and heat stresses." "biotechnology, crop water use, plant stress, alafalfa, genetic, cotton, drought, heat stress" "water conservation" "289" "USGS" $74817.00 "WRRI" $29732.00 "ASRC" $11879.00 "AES" $12345.00 "01345690" "Complete" "Regenerative Properties of Spent Tailored Soils" "Fernando Cadena" "Civil, Agricultural & Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19890701 00000 19900630 00000 19900731 00000 "The project will evaluate the adsorption capacity of native soils and bentonite, evaluate the adsorption capacity of tailored soils and bentonite, and determine the capacity of the tailored soils after thermal regeneration. This research is aimed at all" "eviating groundwater contamination due to pollution caused by the oil and gas industries." "adsorption, hazardous materials, clay minerals, petroleum products, water treatment, chemical treatment" "water quality" "254" "WRRI" $24987.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423927" "Complete" "RIOFISH Model Application, Verification and Improvement" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Frank Ward Tim Ward" "Agricultural Economics CAGE" "NMSU" 19890501 00000 19920430 00000 19921001 00000 "This study will further develop, refine, and finalize the RIOFISH resource computer management model." "fisheries, computer modeling, fish management" "water conservation" "NA" "NMDGF" $1080000.00 "WRRI" $448053.00 "AES" $118800.00 $0.00 "01345687" "Complete" "Impact of Range Water Quality on Animal Performance" "Joe D. Wallace" "Animal and Range Sciences" "NMSU" 19890301 00000 19890630 00000 19890831 00000 "Considerable resources have been expended to quantify the effects of various nutritional components of animal production. However, the majority of literature focuses on animals under confinement. This study will explore the impact of range water qualit" "y on animal performance." "range, animal, water quality, livestock, minerals" "water quality" "N/A" "WRRI" $3300.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423626C" "Complete" "Water and Public Welfare Project Survey" "S. Chris Nunn" "Economics" "UNM" 19890201 00000 19890630 00000 "The water and public welfare survey will gather the opinions of persons involved in community decision-making who are familiar with local conditions, factions and issues, on the importance of water to a spectrum of community values. The survey populatio" "n includes elected officials, active citizens, business and agricultural interests, and environmental and local cultural interests. Survey results combined with information from Helen Ingram to be used in relation to the El Paso water suit." "public welfare, community values, survey, social, economics, cultural interests" "water conservation" "N/A" "DFA-Superfund" $7983.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423924A" "Complete" "Increased Water Use Efficiency in Alfalfa by Selection for Two Key Heritable Physiological Traits" "Vincent Gutschick" "Biology" "NMSU" "Cliff Currier" "Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" 19880901 00000 19910831 00000 "The project seeks to improve the water-use efficiency of crop plants by developing novel, physiologically-based selection procedures for breeders. Alfalfa is used because it is a major cash crop and water user in the Southwest and it is grown for total" "above-ground biomass rather than for reproductive biomass, therefore providing a simpler case to test the research hypothesis." "alfalfa, water-use efficiency, physiological traits, water conservation, crop" "water conservation" "263" "USGS" $167265.00 "WRRI" $142162.00 "AES" $26838.00 $0.00 "01423620B" "Complete" "Groundwater Quality in Pumping Wells Located Near Surface Water Bodies" "John L. Wilson" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19880901 00000 19900831 00000 19910228 00000 "This research project will estimate how sources of water, capture zones and travel times are influenced by a variety of factors including well locations, penetration, and pumping rates, aquifer properties, geometry, and ambient flow, and stream penetrati" "on, cross-sectional shape, and lining. Analytical and numerical techniques will be used and the results will be presented using computer graphics." "ground water quality, pumping wells, surface water, aquifer, stream" "water quality" "261" "USGS" $72401.00 "WRRI" $43624.00 "NMIMT" $29789.00 $0.00 "01423621C" "Complete" "A Field Study for Model Validation of Multi-Dimensional Flow and Transport in the Vadose Zone" "Robert Bowman" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19880901 00000 19900831 00000 19910531 00000 "The primary objective of this research is to obtain extensive hydrogeologic information at an existing infiltration experiment in the vadose zone and to incorporate this information into a numerical model for validation purposes. The site for characteri" "zation is near Socorro, NM in a stratified sequence of alluvial and fluvial deposits." "ground water contamination, vadose zone, chemical seepage, numerical models" "surface groundwater relationships" "262" "USGS" $66558.00 "WRRI" $49932.00 "NMIMT" $16626.00 $0.00 "01423623C" "Complete" "Institutional Needs and Distribution of Benefits in Use of Hydrologic Criteria to Expedite Changes in Water Use" "S. Chris Nunn" "Economics" "UNM" "Al Blair" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19880901 00000 19900228 00000 19900630 00000 "This project will use New Mexico as a test case in studying water market transfers by identifying the problems that are most likely to result in high transactions costs, to study the nature of the existing institutional barriers that give rise to these p" "roblems and the remedies currently being considered by policy makers or which should be considered, to evaluate the benefits and costs of selected remedies from the perspective of the public interest, efficiency of water use and impacts on the community." "water rights, water markets, benefit cost analysis, public interest, water use efficiency, market transfers" "water conservation" "255" "USGS" $104603.00 "WRRI" $93467.00 "UNM" $4474.00 "CAGE" $6884.00 "01423922" "Complete" "The Effects of Wetting on Transport of Organics in Groundwater" "Robert Bowman" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "John Wilson" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19880901 00000 19910831 00000 19911231 00000 "This research will study contamination of groundwater by learning more about the physical and chemical processes controlling contaminant fate in systems in which a free organic liquid phase is present. The project will address the changes in surface che" "mistrywhich can occur in multi-phase systems containing water, free organic liquid, and air, and the effects of contaminant migration." "groundwater contamination, organic chemicals, groundwater transport, surface chemistry" "water quality" "268" "USGS" $150506.00 "NMIMT" $79533.00 "WRRI" $72249.00 $0.00 "01345680A" "Complete" "Heat Shock Protein Expression in Thermotolerant and Thermosensitive Lines of Cotton" "Mary O'Connell" "Plant Genetics Engineering Laboratory" "NMSU" 19880701 00000 19890630 00000 "This project will evaluate a potential mechanism by which cultivars with increased thermotolerance survive high temperatures. If successful, the results of the proposed study will provide new strategies for developing more heat tolerant and water effici" "ent crop plants." "heat shock proteins, cotton, plant, thermotolerance" "water conservation" "246" "WRRI" $18726.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345681" "Complete" "Alluvial Aquifer Heterogeneities in the Rio Grande Valley: Implications for Groundwater Contamination: Phases I and II" "Fred Phillips" "Hydrology" "NMIMT" 19880701 00000 19900630 00000 "This research will study solute dispersion, i.e., the tendency for pollution to spread out as it travels along with the groundwater. The researcher will gather data useful in predicting the movement of pollutants in the alluvial aquifers of the Rio Gran" "de Valley. The study will also test a new and potentially widely applicable methodology for characterization of aquifer heterogeneities." "pollution, aquifer, Rio Grande Valley, groundwater contamination" "water quality" "256" "WRRI" $45089.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423615B" "Complete" "Trading Conserved Water: A Proposal to Study Market Incentives for Agricultural Conservation" "S. Chris Nunn" "Economics" "UNM" 19880701 00000 19890630 00000 "The objective of the research is to identify the existing constraints on irrigators' ability to realize the value of conserved irrigation water as well as any changes in current law, administrative procedures, or private contracts that would facilitate s" "uch transfers." "market incentives, irrigation, water transfers" "water conservation" "NA" "USGS" $21164.00 "WRRI" $10159.00 "UNM" $8920.00 $0.00 "01423609B" "Complete" "Promotion of Energy Conservation through Evaluation of Irrigation System Efficiencies" "Allie Blair" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "S. Bulsterbaum L. Harris L. Blair" "Black Range RCDC WRRI WRRI" 19880518 00000 19890630 00000 "This project will determine ways to improve the efficiency of irrigation management field techniques such as laser leveling and irrigation scheduling. These techniques will conserve water and decrease pumping costs. The project will be coordinated with" " the Black Range Conservation & Development Corporation and the WRRI." "irrigation, conservation, laser leveling, irrigation scheduling" "Water Conservation" "M21" "EMR" $123168.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423612C" "Complete" "Computer Water Management Model Application in New Mexico" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Frank Ward Timothy Ward" "Agricultural Economics Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19880501 00000 19890430 00000 "This project will continue the development and testing of a prototype fishery management model for the state of New Mexico." "sport, fish management, computer models, watershed" "Water Conservation" "252,253" "G/F" $236280.00 "WRRI" $120166.00 "AES" $40560.00 $0.00 "01423607B" "Complete" "Reevaluation of Rio Grande Operating Plan Study" "Timothy Ward" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19880501 00000 19880801 00000 19880930 00000 "The researcher will complete regression analysis of gaged streamflow data for the Rio Grande Basin above Ft. Quitman, Texas. The results of this analysis will be incorporated into the RIOFISH hydrology model. Subsequently, the researcher will assist in" " model analysis of alternative operational plans. The results of the regression analysis will be discussed in regard to reservoir and channel losses/gains, and the effectiveness of the low-flow conveyance channel above Elephant Butte." "streamflow, regression, RIOFISH, computer model, low flow conveyance channel, reservoir, Elephant Butte" "Water conservation" "n/a" "Army Corps of E" $15000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345674B" "Complete" "New Mexico First - Second Town Hall Background Resource Document" "Linda G. Harris" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Robert Lansford John Hernandez" "Agri. Econ. Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19871015 00000 19880630 00000 "The objective of this research is to determine the supply of water available to the State of New Mexico by source, the quality of these waters, and to determine demands by type of use and water management alternatives. A second objective is to identify" "needs for the State Water Plan. The research will be incorporated into the New Mexico First report." "water supply, water use, water quality, water policy, water management, water demand" "water quality" "M19" "WRRI" $18000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423698A" "Complete" "Developing Parameter Values to Determine the Hydrologic Properties of Southwestern Soils" "Timothy J. Ward" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" "Susan B. Bolton" "Civil, Agricultural and Geological Engineering" "NMSU" 19870930 00000 19881101 00000 19910930 00000 "The primary goal of this project is to determine infiltration and soil erosion parameters for four soil types in the Pinyon-Juniper vegetation zone of western New Mexico and Eastern Arizona. The parameters will be determined in such a manner that they c" "an be used in mathematical models of surface erosion that are being prepared for the interagency USDA-Water Erosion Pilot Project (WEPP)." "soil erosion, hydrology, infiltration" "Surface Groundwater Relationships" "259 243" "WRRI" $30704.00 "Forest Service" $98238.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423606B" "Complete" "The Water Transfer Process as a Management Option for Meeting Changing Water Demands" "F. Lee Brown" "Bureau of Business and Economic Research" "UNM" "Lawrence MacDonnell" "Natural Resources Law Center" "UC" 19870930 00000 19900329 00000 "The objectives of this regional research are 1) to ascertain the level and kind of water transfer and exchange activities in six selected states in the western US; 2) to determine the major legal and institutional factors influencing the efficiency and e" "quity of such transfer; 3) to measure the transaction costs imposed on water transfer activities by each state system related to legal and institutional factors; and 4) to compare findings from the six states studied and identify specific measures for ex" "pediting the transfer and exchange process. water rights and public interests and values that may be affected." "water transfer, water management, water demand, water rights" "water conservation" "267" "USGS" $51000.00 "WRRI" $51000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423697B" "Complete" "Assessing the Sensitivity of High Altitude New Mexican Wilderness Lakes to Acidic Precipitation and Trace Metal Contamination" "Carl Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "Thomas R. Lynch Gerald Z. Jacobi" "Biology" "NMIMT NMHU" 19870810 00000 19880809 00000 "The research will provide information about the vulnerability of high elevation western ecosystems to acidification. Using chemical and biological analysis, the study will identify lakes that are potentially vulnerable to future inputs of acidic precipi" "tation." "acid rain, precipitation, trace metals, lakes" "Water quality" "234" "USGS" $36064.00 "WRRI" $18035.00 "NMIMT" $18029.00 $0.00 "01345669B" "Complete" "Field Analysis of the Role of Three-Dimensional Moisture Flow in Ground-Water Recharge and Evapotranspiration" "Daniel B. Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19870701 00000 19890630 00000 19890930 00000 "This project will demonstrate the extent to which the commonly used one-dimensional conceptual model is appropriate for describing soil-moisture flow in sparsely vegetated desert environments. Also, a three-dimensional flow model will be evaluated for i" "ts significance in calculating recharge or evapotranspiration at a local scale." "groundwater, recharge, evapotranspiration, infiltration, arid-land hydrology" "surface groundwater relationship" "260" "WRRI" $46250.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423617B" "Complete" "New Approaches to Metal Speciation in Natural Waters Based on Modified and Micro Voltammetric Electrodes" "Joseph Wang" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19870701 00000 19890630 00000 "This project will produce effective and reliable tools for speciation analysis of natural waters, resulting in a better understanding of the toxicity, bio-availability and transport of trace metals. Such speciation schemes will be included in future wat" "er quality legislation and used for measuring speciation-related water quality parameters." "speciation, trace metals, water measurements, toxicity" "water quality" "251" "WRRI" $25563.00 "USGS" $15385.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423616B" "Complete" "Characterization of Deep Saline Aquifers in the Roswell Basin of New Mexico from Lithologic Analysis and Geophysical Well Logs" "John MacMillan" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Gerardo Wolfgang Gross" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19870701 00000 19890630 00000 "Analysis of clay minerals in drill cuttings of the logged wells of the Roswell artesian basin of eastern New Mexico will be conducted. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy are to be used to determine clay minerals, the" "ir composition, their proportions in the rock matrix, and their effects on porosity and transmissivity of deep aquifer horizons pinpointed by a previous study. The role of other radioactive minerals, such as mica, that might affect logging response will" " be determined. Saline Water" "salinity, recharge, leakage, porosity, permeability clay, mineralogy" "saline water" "n/a" "USGS" $41574.00 "WRRI" $12888.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423618" "Complete" "Development of Agronomically Valuable Plants with High-Temperature, Drought, and/or Saline Tolerances" "Glenn D. Kuehn" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19870701 00000 19890630 00000 "The research seeks to provide knowledge about genetic resources which can subsequently be used with recombinant DNA techniques to improve crop plant survival and growth in environments exposed to periodic drought, high heat, or saline soil conditions." "drought, resistance, thermal stress, moisture stress, salinity, plant physiology, genetic engineering" "saline water" "247" "USGS" $46064.00 "A/S" $15061.00 "WRRI" $23625.00 $0.00 "01345668" "Complete" "Treatment of Water Supplies Contaminated with Toxic Pollutants Using Tailored Bentonite" "Fernando Cadena" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Yucel Tokuz" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19870701 00000 19880630 00000 19880731 00000 "This project concentrates on the removal of toxic compounds typically found in gasoline and other petrochemical spills, i.e., benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX). Studies will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of pure tailored bentonite, and a" "dmixtures of natural soils and tailored bentonite to remove BTX." "adsorption, hazardous materials, clay minerals, petroleum products, water treatment, physiocochemical" "water quality" "235" "WRRI" $24844.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423619" "Complete" "The Influence of Growth Conditions on Algal Lipid Production and Value from Algae Grown in Saline Groundwater" "R. Peter Herman" "Biology" "NMSU" 19870701 00000 19890630 00000 19900830 00000 "Growing algae for oil (lipid) production is one of the most economically promising uses for saline ground water. This project will provide information on the impact of the choice of growth conditions on the quantity and mix of lipids produced by the alg" "ae. This information is vital in determining growth regimes which will maximize the economic return of an algae farming operation. " "algae, saline water, lipids, algal growth, oil" "saline water" "258" "WRRI" $35126.00 "USGS" $21147.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423692" "Complete" "Watershed Analysis at Hohenfels Training Area" "Timothy J. Ward" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19870522 00000 19870830 00000 "The objective of this work is to review and evaluate analysis of water and sediment yield at HTA using the MULTSED model and other appropriate analysis tools. The researcher will act as expert consultant to review the analysis plan, review model output," " and recommend drainage and erosion control alternatives." "watershed, sediment yield, drainage, erosion" "water quality" "N/A" "CERL" $6550.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423688" "Complete" "Development of a Watershed Process Model" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Frank Ward Timothy Ward" "Agricultural Econ Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19870501 00000 19880430 00000 "The researchers have developed a prototype fishery management model and this project will expand the model for statewide application.No technical completion report - completed for WRRI; see reports #252, 253 published in 1990." "sport, fish management, computer models, watershed" "water conservation" "N/A" "Dept. G/F" $236870.00 "WRRI" $71609.00 "AES" $77729.00 $0.00 "01345663B" "Complete" "Popular Publication on the El Paso Water Suit" "Linda Harris" "WRRI" "NMSU" "William Gribb Robert Czerniak Richard Earl" "Earth Sciences" "NMSU" 19870301 00000 19870731 00000 19881001 00000 "The project will produce a comprehensive, objective publication on the issues involved in the El Paso water suit. The report will be easily understood by decision makers as well as the general public.5/12/92 Linda Harris published 'Who's Water is i" "t Anyway?' from this project. It can be ordered through her publishing company, Arroyo Press." "Groundwater, import, publications, export, water-law" "water conservation" "N/A" "WRRI" $8295.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423684" "Complete" "Removal and Selective Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial Wastewaters" "Dennis Darnall" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19860901 00000 19880831 00000 19890103 00000 "The research will delineate conditions for the most economical procedures for removing heavy metal ions from industrial waters using immobilized algae." "heavy metals, industrial wastewater, algae, wastewater treatment, algal toxins" "water quality" "240" "USGS" $135860.00 "WRRI" $94699.00 "Arts & Sciences" $43608.00 $0.00 "01423687" "Complete" "A Reconstruction of the Water Balance to the Climatic Variations in Western Lake Basins" "Fred M. Phillips" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Andrew R. Campbell" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19860901 00000 19890831 00000 "This proposal addresses the problem of climatic variability and the response of the hydrological cycle. The researchers will reconstruct the water balance of closed-basin lakes in New Mexico and California based on isotopic and chemical characteristics o" "f sediments in cores." "groundwater hydrology, lake basins, climatic data, closed basins, water balance, chemical analysis" "water conservation" "269" "USGS" $118614.00 "WRRI" $66315.00 "NMIMT" $52299.00 $0.00 "01423686B" "Complete" "Late Quaternary Paleohydrology of the Eastern Mojave Drainage, Southern California" "Steve Wells" "Geology" "UNM" "Roger Anderson Leslie McFadden" "Geology" "UNM" 19860901 00000 19880831 00000 19881231 00000 "The primary goal of this project is the quantification of major components of the hydrologic cycle for the late Quaternary in order to reconstruct the variations of past hydrologic regimes. A quantitative model based upon several physical indicators alo" "ng with computer analysis will be developed." "Computer models, hydrologic cycle, quantitative model" "Water conservation" "242" "USGS" $63208.00 "WRRI" $51052.00 "UNM" $22404.00 "Resource Consult" $4000.00 "01345650B" "Complete" "Improving Livestock Tolerance of Toxicants in Kochia Herbage Toward Increased Usage of Kochia as a Water-Efficient Crop" "G. Stanley Smith" "Animal Science" "NMSU" "H.E. Kiesling R.E. Finkner" "Biology Agricultural Science Center" "NMSU" 19860701 00000 19880630 00000 19880930 00000 "The research will increase livestock tolerance of toxicants in kochia herbage and thereby increase theacreage of agronomic cropland used for kochia production. This will conserve water resources used in irrigation agriculture and improve the agricultura" "l economy of New Mexico." "kochia herbage, toxicants, tolerance, livestock, crop, water efficiency" "water conservation" "236" "WRRI" $45000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423662" "Complete" "Irrigation Management Procedures to Maximize Production of Alfalfa Populations Selected for Increased Performance Under Deficit Levels*" "Bill A. Melton" "Crop and Soil Sciences" "NMSU" 19860701 00000 19870630 00000 "The objective of the project is to determine effects of timing and amount of flood applied irrigation on stand longevity, forage yield, and water use efficiency of alfalfa populations selected for increased performance under deficit levels of irrigation." "*of Irrigation" "Irrigation efficiency, irrigation practices, crop production, water use efficiency, plant breeding" "water conservation" "225" "USGS" $23384.00 "AES" $11342.00 "WRRI" $12043.00 $0.00 "01345649B" "Complete" "Assessing the Sensitivity of High Altitude New Mexican Wilderness Lakes to Acidic Precipitation and Trace Metal Contamination" "Carl J. Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "Thomas R. Lynch Gerald Z. Jacobi" "Biology" "NMIMT NMHU" 19860701 00000 19870831 00000 "The research will remedy the existing lack of information about the vulnerability of high elevation western ecosystems to acidification. The study will determine the present extent and nature of acidification in these watersheds and lakes and would ide" "ntify potentially vulnerable lakes." "acid rain, alkalinity, trace metal" "water quality" "234" "WRRI" $18000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345644" "Complete" "Stable Isotope Investigation of Vapour Transport During Groundwater Recharge in New Mexico" "Fred Phillips" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Andrew Campbell" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19860701 00000 19880630 00000 19880930 00000 "The researchers will assess the importance of vapour movement of water in the soil and its implications for evaluation of the water supply in New Mexico. The research could increase estimates of the renewable water supply." "stable isotopes, ground water recharge, water vapour, deuterium, oxygen-18" "surface groundwater relationships" "237" "WRRI" $46975.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345643" "Complete" "Development of a Laboratory Project Handbook for Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities" "Doug Clark" "Laboratory Consultants" "private consultant" 19860701 00000 19880630 00000 "This project will result in a set of comprehensive, standardized guidelines for the design, construction, equipping and staffing of water and wastewater treatment plant laboratories. The guidelines will be appropriate for use in all treatment installati" "ons." "design, construction, staffing, equipment, laboratory tests, analytical techniques, water analysis, testing" "water quality" "M20" "WRRI" $32500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423693" "Complete" "A Physiological Route to Increased Water-Use Efficiency in Alfalfa" "Vincent P. Gutschick" "Biology" "NMSU" "Gary L. Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" 19860701 00000 19880630 00000 "The project will validate in individual plants quantitative relations of two physiological traits, Ci and SLM to water-use efficiency and forage yield. The results will be used in designing breeding programs for alfalfa for improved water-use efficiency" ". In phase I, the researchers introduced physiological control to reduce genetically the water usage of alfalfa, the first-ranked cash crop in New Mexico. The physiological controls could provide a model for improvements in other crop species." "Water-use efficiency, irrigation requirements, alfalfa, crop yield, plant physiology, photosynthesis" "water conservation" "239" "USGS" $50104.00 "Biology" $2200.00 "PGEL" $15274.00 "WRRI" $22722.00 "01345648" "Complete" "Hydrocarbons and Liquid Organic's Hazardous Waste in Groundwater" "John L. Wilson" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19860701 00000 19890630 00000 19900930 00000 "This project will contribute to understanding organic liquid behavior in porous media containing two or three fluid phases with particular emphasis on trapped residual organics. The study will determine how organic liquid becomes trapped and how it can" "be mobilized." "Groundwater, pollution, hazardous waste, hydrocarbons" "water quality" "250" "WRRI" $64238.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423670B" "Complete" "State Appropriation of Unappropriated Groundwater" "Timothy De Young" "Division of Public Administration" "UNM" 19860619 00000 19860831 00000 "The research will formulate and conduct a survey to ascertain those regions of New Mexico which have an interest in participating in a state appropriation program. Also, an analysis of the ISC for the purpose of determining the feasibility of having the" " commission operate a state appropriation program will be conducted." "Groundwater, water users, water management" "Water conservation" "N/A" "Office of Gov." $11000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423683" "Complete" "Computer Model Application in New Mexico" "Richard Cole" "Fishery and Wildlife Sciences" "NMSU" "Timothy Ward Frank Ward" "Civil Engineering Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19860501 00000 19870430 00000 "The project will link, integrate, refine and apply hydrological, biological and economical submodels into a more accurate working model with greater emphasis on watershed processes. The model will be applied to sport fisheries management in major waters" "heds of New Mexico." "sport, fish management, watershed, computer models" "water conservation" "223" "Dept. Game/Fish" $237270.00 "WRRI" $38330.00 "Ag Exper. Stat" $41241.00 $0.00 "01423682" "Complete" "Watershed Model Enhancements" "Timothy J. Ward" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19860129 00000 19860930 00000 19861231 00000 "The objective of this work is to add additional capabilities to the Army MULTSED. The model will be modified to permit the analysis of nutrient events. Additional modifications will be made to permit the analysis of nutrient transport." "computer models, nutrient, snowmelt" "water quality" "N/A" "CERL" $22404.00 "WRRI" $5298.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423691B" "Complete" "Modifications to Cropland Inventory Project by County and Sub-Basin, New Mexico" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19860113 00000 19860630 00000 19860930 00000 "This project supplements an on-going AES project dealing with cropland uses and agricultural water depletions in New Mexico. The supplemental information includes estimates of irrigated crops for the l985 crop year by the 10 surface water drainage basin" "s in New Mexico in addition to the normal county level data." "Cropland, water deficit, irrigation, drainage basins" "water conservation" "N/A" "USGS" $9662.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345639B" "Complete" "Predicting Chemical Movement in Soils" "George O'Connor" "Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" 19860101 00000 19860630 00000 "The objective of the project is to verify model predictions of selected chemical movement in laboratory column studies. The model data base will include soil, chemical and climatic data important to New Mexico. The model will be modified as possible to" " accomodate conditions peculiar to New Mexico." "computer models, climatic data, soil" "Water conservation" "M17" "WRRI" $4870.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423685" "Complete" "Dona Ana County Water Plan" "John Hernandez" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Craig Mapel" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19851218 00000 19871231 00000 19880630 00000 "The project will determine present water demand and present water rights on best available information in Dona Ana County for all entities including, but not limited to, the City of Las Cruces, the Village of Hatch, Town of Mesilla, City of Sunland Park," " EBID and supplemental farm wells which are declared, public water utilities, water users assoications, the County of Dona Ana, NMSU and other water providers." "Water demand, water policy, water rights" "Water conservation" "N/A" "County of DA" $19617.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423660B" "Complete" "Analysis of Water Movement on a Sandy Hill Slope" "Daniel B. Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19850901 00000 19880831 00000 19890228 00000 "Preliminary studies at NMIMT have indicated that rainfall may contribute more to recharge than previously expected. Typically, rainfall has been viewed as penetrating vertically down through the land surface moving through the unsaturated zone and enter" "ing the saturated zone. Preliminary studies indicate that there is significant horizontal movement of water in the unsaturated zone even in the absence of confining layers. This study will look at recharge on slopes to determine the extent of horizonta" "l flow and its effects on water distribution. and its effects on water distribution.distribution and movement in the unsaturated zone. NOTE REPORT DRAFT DUE JUNE 15, 1988 QUARTERLY REPORTS DUE DECEMBER , MARCH, JUNE, & OCTOBER 1" "Saturation zone, recharge, rainfall penetration" "surface groundwater relationships" "245" "USGS" $61328.00 "WRRI" $61447.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423681B" "Complete" "Promotion and Research of Aquaculture Production in New Mexico" "Barry Goldstein" "NM Solar Energy Institute" "NMSU" 19850901 00000 19860630 00000 19861231 00000 "This project will allow the auguementation of oyster research at Roswell. It will also allow the principalinvestigator to serve as a promoter of New Mexico aquaculture at national meetings and as a liason between industries interested in New Mexico aqu" "aculture, the scientists in the state who would provide the technical support and the state economic development agencies." "Saline water, oysters, aquaculture, economic development" "Saline Water" "N/A" "NMEDT" $12921.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423657B" "Complete" "Evaluation of Available Saline Resources in NM for the Production of Micro Algae" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "John Hernandez Dan Stephens" "Civil Engineering Geoscience" "NMSU NMIMT" 19850801 00000 19860630 00000 19860930 00000 "Work sponsored by the WRRI and others has demonstrated the feasibility of growing microalgae in New Mexico's saline groundwaters. The federal Solar Energy Research Institute recently completed a broad survay of the southwest to identify areas with the r" "ight combination of solar energy, temperature, water supply and land slope for economical algae production. This project is a follow-up study designed to assess the high potential areas identified in New Mexico at a finer level of level of resolution." "State-wide Steering Committee was utilized extensively." "saline, groundwater, solar energy, algae" "Saline Water" "218" "SERI" $44912.00 "WRRI" $31625.00 "AES" $3778.00 $0.00 "01345637" "Complete" "Water Resources Archive Project - Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District" "Darlis Miller" "History" "NMSU" "Ira Clark, Austin Hoover" "Rio Grande Collection" "NMSU" 19850701 00000 19860630 00000 "Conservancy and irrigation district's records are a valuable source of information on the operating history of these districts. These records are not only of interest to historians, but also legal researchers and current water managers. The records of" "most districts are not physically available to researchers or arranged in a way that makes finding the required information convenient. This project will add the non-current records of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to those of EBID which ar" "e already preserved in the Rio Grande Collection's Water Resources Archive. and cataloging will make the records available to current users and preserve them for future users" "Irrigation districts, history, libraries" "water conservation" "208" "WRRI" $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423658" "Complete" "Field Study of Ephemeral Stream Infiltration and Recharge" "Daniel B. Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19850701 00000 19870630 00000 "Despite the fact that ephemeral streams may provide the major source of recharge in some areas, factors which control the rate and amount of this recharge are poorly understood. The assumption is that recharge occurs as saturated flow during periods whe" "n the ephemeral streams are running. Preliminary data from this investigator indicate that this assumption may not be true. This project will compare recharge from 2 ephemeral streams (Rio Puerco & Rio Salado) with different stream bed permeabilities," "channel geometries, flow durations, suspended sediment loads, discharge rates and depths to water table." "Ephermeral Streams, recharge, saturation, permeability" "surface groundwater relationships" "228" "USGS" $49982.00 "WRRI" $14374.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423656B" "Complete" "Computer Application in New Mexico" "Richard Cole" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" "Paul Turner, Frank Ward, Tim Ward" "Ag. Economics, Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19850701 00000 19860430 00000 "This project will build on the results of the recently completed integrated hydrological, biological, and economic model of the reservoir system on the Rio Grande. It will: 1) validate the existing model coefficients, 2) link the existing model with sp" "ecific New Mexico watershed models, 3) expand the applications to other major rivers in the state, and 4) provide technical training to the agency personal who will be the ultimate model users." "computer models, fish managment, sport, reservoir" "water conservation" "223" "Game&Fish" $149832.00 "WRRI" $24833.00 "AES" $23183.00 $0.00 "01345636" "Complete" "Development of Correspondence Training Courses for Water and Wastewater Laboratory Analysis" "Doug Clark" "Laboratory Consultants" "private consultant" 19850701 00000 19860630 00000 "Water and wastewater treatment operators must receive certification and certificate renewal. This process requires that the operator acquire certification credits. There are limited oportunities to gain these credits. This project will prepare corresp" "ondence course materials based on WRRI Report 125, 'Basic Laboratory Skills for Water and Wastewater Analysis' and WRRI Report M15 'Microbiological Skills for Water and Wastewater Analysis'." "Training, education, laboratory tests, analytical techniques, water analysis, testing" "Water Quality" "n/a" "WRRI" $12873.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423651B" "Complete" "Development of a Drip Irrigation Scheduling Model" "Theodore Sammis" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19850101 00000 19861231 00000 19870331 00000 "Current irrigation scheduling models are designed for use with flood or sprinkler irrigation. In trickle irrigation the quantity of water applied and the geometry of its application are different than in conventional irrigation. This project will produ" "ce an irrigation scheduling model for the drip irrigation of the high value crops chile, grapes and pecans that accounts for the different nature of drip or trickle techniques. Computer software available through WRRI at a cost of $20.00 which supplemen" "ts Report #224." "Irrigation programs, trickle irrigation, crops" "water conservation" "224" "ISC" $5000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423695" "Complete" "The Pilot-Scale Cultivation of Commercially Valuable Marine Aquaculture Crops in New Mexico's Saline Groundwaters" "Barry Goldstein" "New Mexico Solar Energy Institute" "NMSU" 19841001 00000 19880630 00000 "The research will quantify and optimize the growth of selected species of nutritional marine algae when grown year-round in outdoor culture at large pilot scale inNew Mexico's saline groundwaters. Oysters, clams and brine shrimp will also be grown and g" "rowth rates and conversion efficiencies analyzed. This research may prove the technical feasibility of commercial aquaculture production in southeast New Mexico." "oysters, algae, saline water, aquaculture" "saline waters" "249" "USGS" $54846.00 "WRRI" $96836.00 "Cultural Aquat." $10000.00 "City of Roswell" $31138.00 "01345634" "Complete" "SIMSED Computer Model" "Timothy Ward" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19840830 00000 19841231 00000 "Current sediment models are complex and require computing power and computing expertise not normally available to forest managers. This project will reduce the more complex sedimentation models to a SIMplified SEDimentation Determination (SIMSED) model" "designed to be used by working forest managers using IBM PC compatible computers." "Computer models, sedimentation, forest management" "water conservation" "n/a" "NMSWCD" $9955.00 "WRRI" $2501.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423639B" "Complete" "Study of the Feasibility of State Appropriations of Unappropriated Underground Water in New Mexico" "Charles DuMars" "Law" "UNM" "Al Utton, Ron Cummings, Robert Lansford" "Economics, Ag. Economics" "UNM NMSU" 19840801 00000 19860215 00000 "Thus far the New Mexico state government has served as a regulator of commerce in water rights. Recent litigation has altered the degree to which states may regulate commerce in water. This project will examine the economic and legal ramifications of t" "he state entering the water market as a participant rather than just as a regulator." "water law, market, water rights" "water conservation" "200" "Ofc. of Governor" $180000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423634B" "Complete" "Biosorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial and Mining Waste Waters" "Dennis Darnall" "Chemistry" "NMSU" "Dale Alexander, Joe Sneddon, Mike Henzl, Rudi Roubicek" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" 19840715 00000 19850731 00000 "Preliminary experiments have shown that heavy metal ions are strongly bound to algal cell walls. This projects objectives are to determine optimum conditions for adsorption of a variety of heavy metals to different algal species and to optimize desorpti" "on of the ions. PROJECT COMPLETE REPORT NOT TO BE PUBLISHED DUE TO PROPRIETARY INFORMATION TRANSFERED TO COMPLETED PROJECTS 11/11/85" "heavy metals, industrial wastewater, algae, wastewater treatment, algal toxins" "water quality" "see above" "USGS" $24676.00 "WRRI" $12839.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423638A" "Complete" "Quantification of Groundwater Recharge Rates in New Mexico Using Bomb 36-Cl as a Soil-Water Tracer" "Fred Phillips" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "David Elmore" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19840715 00000 19860630 00000 "This project will approach the determination of recharge rates through the application of a new isotopic technique, the measurement of 36 Cl released in the environment by atmospheric weapons testing. The 'bomb' Cl fell out of the atmosphere at levels f" "ar above natural background during the period 1954-1964. This pulse of radioactivity provides a tracer for precipitation deposited during the period of atmospheric testing. By measuring the depth to which this pulse has penetrated the soil, net infiltr" "ation (recharge) can be determined directly. provide more accurate recharge rates than previous methods which relied on indirect measurements and calculations." "Groundwater recharge, isotopes, radioactivity" "surface groundwater relationships" "220" "USGS" $49900.00 "WRRI" $16712.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423652B" "Complete" "Groundwater Basin Parameter Estimation and Simulation Under Uncertainty," "John Wilson" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19840715 00000 19860630 00000 "Water management decisions are only as good as the models on which they are based, yet the accuracy of the models is often unknown. Groundwater management decisions based on model studies are influenced by model uncertainities. A stochastic numerical" "model that accounts for parameter uncertainty will be applied to the Deming portion of the Mimbres Basin in New Mexico. The uncertainity of historical simulation as well as the simulation of future conditions, will be estimated using both first order-sec" "ond moment and monte carlo methods.monte carlo methods. usefulness of water level uncertainties to groundwater managers will be assessed in cooperation with the State Engineer Office." "Water management, stochastic models, groundwater management" "water conservation" "226" "USGS" $47930.00 "WRRI" $15963.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345626B" "Complete" "Water Resources Archive Project" "Darlis Miller" "History" "NMSU" "Austin Hoover" "Library" "NMSU" 19840701 00000 19850630 00000 "This project will collect, process for archiving, and index the non-current records of the Elephant Butte Irrigation District. A finding guide to the collection will also be prepared. The EBID was one of the first irrigation districts established under" " the reclamation act and is therefore of national as well as regional historical interest." "Irrigation districts, history, libraries" "water conservation" "190" "WRRI" $23375.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345627B" "Complete" "An Investigation into Water Use and Salinity Effects upon Grape Production in the Southern Basin and Range Province of New Mexico" "Peter Wierenga" "Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" 19840701 00000 19880630 00000 "This project will investigate the effects of trickle irrigation and salinity on grapes grown near Deming. This project is related to the ISC chile trickle project. Grapes are a high value long lived crop particularly well suited to trickle irrigation." "Salt tolerance, drip irrigation, irrigation requiremnts, solute transport fruit crops, grapes" "Saline water" "244" "WRRI" $71000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345628B" "Complete" "Stream Aquifer Interaction: Influence of Variably Saturated Subsurface Flow" "John Wilson" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19840701 00000 19860630 00000 19870815 00000 "The relative importance of the unsaturated zone in affecting the stream-aquifer exchange flow will be investigated through the use of 3-dimensional saturated-unsaturated flow modeling. Simulations of hypothetical settings with various combinations of in" "fluential hydrologic variables and boundary conditions will help isolate the most critical factors affecting interrelated flow processes in surface waterways and adjacent aquifers. A 3-dimensional saturated flow model of a groundwater basin will be coup" "led to a variably saturated 3-D flow model of a segment of the stream-aquifer system." "Unsaturated zone, aquifer, hydrological, groundwater" "Surface Groundwater Relationships" "233" "WRRI" $50389.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345629B" "Complete" "Projections of Water Availability in the Gila/San Francisco and Lower Rio Grande Surface Water Basins to the Year 2010" "Brian McDonald" "Bureau of Business and Economic Research" "UNM" 19840701 00000 19850630 00000 "This research will make projections of economic development, water demand and water supply in the Gila/San Francisco and Lower Rio Grande water basins to the year 2010. Current water use patterns will be described. Future demand predictions will be bas" "ed on population growth and economic pattern predictions." "Water demand, water supply, water availability" "Water conservation" "212" "WRRI" $16795.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345631B" "Complete" "Surge Flow Irrigation on Closed Borders to Conserve Water" "Robert Hulsman" "Ag. Engineering" "NMSU" "Dave Lugg" "Crop and Soil Science" "NMSU" 19840701 00000 19881231 00000 "This research involves field investigations to study the effects that surge-flow irrigation has on water distribution and application efficiency as compared to conventional surface irrigation of closed borders. The tests will develop data on advance rat" "es, recession rates, effects of border slope, length of run, inflow rates, and water inflow on-off times. The research will be conducted on sandy loam soils near Deming in alfalfa, barley and bare fields. Yr I $24,694, Yr. II $16,345. $27,000 remain" "ed when project terminated." "Surge flow, surface irrigation, irrigation efficiency" "water conservation" "N/A" "WRRI" $14039.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345625B" "Complete" "A Simplified Training Manual to Teach Microbiological Skills to Water and Wastewater Plant Operators" "Doug Clark" "Laboratory Consultant" "private contractor" 19840601 00000 19850630 00000 "This project produced a manual for microbiology similar to report 125. A marketing plan was also included." "water analysis, testing water quality, wastewater treatment" "water quality" "M16" "WRRI" $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423633B" "Complete" "Brackish Water in the Hydroponic Culture of Two High Value Nursery Crops: Pistacio and Afghan Pine" "Don Cotter" "Horticulture" "NMSU" "Jim Fisher" "Horticulture" "NMSU" 19840601 00000 19850531 00000 19850815 00000 "This project will evaluate the potential of producing afghan pine and pistacio nursery stock using brackish water hydroponics. Seedlings will be grown in a greenhouse in either liquid culture or in sand culture with hydroponic solutions made using simul" "ated saline groundwater." "Saline Water, brackish water hydroponics, crops" "Saline water" "175" "WRRI/Saline" $48000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423625" "Complete" "Use of Saline Water for Buffalo Gourd Production in New Mexico" "Jack Whittier" "Solar Energy Institute" "NMSU" "Ralph Finkner" "Ag. Sci. Center at Clovis" "NMSU" 19840601 00000 19850531 00000 "Buffalo gourd is a desert, reportedly salt tolerant, perennial native to most of New Mexico's deserts. It requires little water for high annual yields of seed oil and root starch. The overall goal of the project is to foster the development of buffalo" "gourd as a commercially viable energy and feed crop. The specific objectives of this project are to demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility of producing sustainable commercial yields of this nontraditional crop using saline waters and soils common to N" "ew Mexico." "Salt tolerance, agronomic crops, saline water" "saline water" "214" "WRRI/Saline" $25968.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423632A" "Complete" "Evaluation of Salinity Tolerance of Russian Thistle (Salsola ssp.) to Determine its Potential for Forage Production using Saline ..." "James Fowler" "Crop and Soil Science" "NMSU" "James Hageman" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19840501 00000 19850531 00000 "Salsola, Russian thistle has the the potential to provide a new salt tolerant crop. Therefore, this study will evaluate the salinity tolerance of salsola from germination through plant maturity. The emphasis will be on the effects of salinity on seed ge" "rmination, seedling development, yield, and nutritive composition of the plant material as a livestock feed." "Salt tolerance, crop, nutrients" "Saline water" "198" "WRRI/Saline" $25871.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423626B" "Complete" "Selection for Salt Tolerant Azolla for Biosolar Nitrogen Fixation in Hydroponic Culture Systems" "Gordon Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" 19840501 00000 19850531 00000 "The overall objective of this investigation is to select varieties of the aquatic fern Azolla that are tolerant to salinity and thus capable of growth and nitrogen fixation in brackish water. Two approaches to the selection of salt tolerant Azolla will" " be used. First, Azolla from brackish habitats will be screened for nitrogen fixing ability. Second, large numbers of plants from non saline habitats will be subjected to severe salt stress and the survivors tested for nitrogen fixation." "Saline water, brackish water, salt tolerance, nitrogen fixation" "saline water" "211" "WRRI/Saline" $10748.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423631A" "Complete" "Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance in Plants Relevant to Closed System Agriculture in Desert Environments" "Gary Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" "Moshe Zeroni" "Blaustein Institute for Desert Research" "Ben Gurian University, Sde Bokar, Israel" 19840401 00000 19850531 00000 "This project will investigate the physiological response of plants grown in greenhouse conditions to saline water. The project's major goal is to discover the basic, genetically controlled, process or processes that reduce yield in response to saline wa" "ter. The ultimate aim is to provide the information needed to adapt plants for use in a closed agricultural system using saline water." "Saline water, plant physiology, greenhouses, closed systems" "Saline water" "230" "WRRI/Saline" $49813.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423622B" "Complete" "The Study a High Density and Biomass Fish Culture System for Saline Water Aquaculture" "Charles Davis" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" "Terry King" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" 19840401 00000 19841130 00000 19850131 00000 "This project will test a laboratory scale, high density-high biomass fish culture system with moderately saline water (3500 ppm). The influence of saline water on the biopurification system is the major research question." "Saline water, water purification, fish, biomass" "Saline water" "164" "WRRI/Saline" $35500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423623B" "Complete" "Yield and Composition of Kochia Forage as Affected by Salt Concentration of Irrigation Water and Leaching Percentage" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Ag. Science Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" "Ralph Finkner" "Ag. Science Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" 19840401 00000 19850531 00000 19851001 00000 "Kochia is a drought and salt tolerant native plant with demonstrated forage potential. The specific problem addressed in this research is how brackish groundwater can be utilized in kochia forage production. Allowable salinity levels and irrigation tim" "ing are particularly important questions. A closely related problem is to determine the minimum amount of leaching needed to keep soil salt levels reasonable and avoid materially increasing the salt content of pumpable groundwater." "Drought, saline water, brackish water, irrigation, groundwater" "Saline water" "199" "WRRI Saline" $50000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423624" "Complete" "Biosorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Water" "Dennis Darnall" "Chemistry" "NMSU" "Dale Alexander, Joe Sneddon, Mike Henzl, Rudi Roubicek" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" 19840401 00000 19860630 00000 "This project is designed to study the physical biochemistry of the biosorption of heavy metals on algae. The ultimate aim is to develope a methodology to remove heavy metals from mining and industrial wastes, selenium from irrigation return flow and pre" "cious metals from solutions." "heavy metals, algae, wastewater treatment" "water quality" "210" "Bu Rec" $124143.00 "WRRI" $40040.00 "A&S Res Center" $16085.00 $0.00 "01423621B" "Complete" "Optimization of Irrigation Scheduling in New Mexico with Alternative Saline Water Supplies" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "T. McGuckin, T. Sammis, D. Lugg, J. Hernandez" "Ag. Engr. Crop and Soil Sci., Civil Engr." "NMSU" 19840315 00000 19850531 00000 "The primary purpose of this research is to develop an irrigation scheduling model that will maximize profits in irrigation by using a combination of fresh and saline water. A secondary objective will be to determine the extent to which saline water can" "augment fresh water supplies for irrigation of various crops and still yield positive net economic benefits. The model, because of its unique heat unit base structure, will be potentially applicable throughout the western US. " "Irrigation programs, saline water, saline-freshwater interfaces" "saline water" "207" "WRRI/Saline" $55438.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345650A" "Complete" "New Mexico Water Atlas" "William Gribb" "Earth Science" "NMSU" "R. Czerniak; R. Earl" "Earth Sciences" "NMSU" 19840123 00000 19840430 00000 19840531 00000 "The objective of the project is to provide decision makers with a single intelligible source of water information. The decision makers include government officials and businessmen, as well as researchers and reference librarians." "Water resources development, libraries" "Water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $6000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423650" "Complete" "Somatic Cell Selection for the Genetic Improvement of Water Use Efficiency in Crop Plants: Alfalfa -- A Model System" "Greg Phillips" "Horticulture/PGEL" "NMSU" 19840115 00000 19861231 00000 "This cell selection project will use alfalfa as a model system to validate cell selection techniques for water use efficiency. An earlier project entitled 'Improving Water Use Efficiency in Alfalfa by Genetic Engineering' tested cellular selection as a" " method of speeding the development of water tolerant plant cultivars." "plant water potential, alfalfa, engineering, water use efficiency" "water conservation" "221" "USGS" $49992.00 "WRRI" $21600.00 "ISC" $22000.00 $0.00 "01423620A" "Complete" "Characterization and Treatment of Wastewater from Intensive Culture of Channel Catfish" "Ricardo Jacquez" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19840101 00000 19850228 00000 19850531 00000 "This project will look at the effects on the chemical and biological processes used to treat waters containing high organic content waste such as is found in fish culture systems. It is being done in conjunction with the catfish growth project at Roswel" "l Test Facility." "Wastewater treatment, catfish, wastewater analysis" "water quality" "205" "WRRI/Saline" $32154.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423611" "Complete" "Catfish Culture in Saline Groundwater" "Paul Turner" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" 19831001 00000 19850315 00000 "The first objective of this project is to review the scientific literature and unpublished information on the range of water qualities and production systems that can be used to grow fish and invertebrates of interest to aquaculturists in New Mexico. T" "he second objective is to determine the most desirable water quality for the efficient production of channel catfish. The final objective is to evaluate systems for producing channel catfish in saline water." "Saline water, water quality, fish, catfish" "Saline water" "231" "WRRI/Saline" $74793.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345676A" "Complete" "Maximum Utilization of Rainwater and Limited Irrigation Water for Crop Production under Semiarid Conditions" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Plant Science Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" "Ralph Finkner" "Plant Science Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" 19831001 00000 19850930 00000 19860101 00000 "Underground irrigation water from the Ogallala formation in the eastern New Mexico area is being rapidly depleted and reversion to dryland cropping is already taking place. However, the area's 10 to 14 inches of growing season rainfall is adequate for f" "inancially feasible crop production provided no water is lost to runoff and if it can be concentrated near the growing plants. This project will develop a system for continuous-growing spring-seeded crops using minimum tillage and furrow diking to preve" "nt runoff. This will directly use 3/4 of the annual rainfall that occurs during the growing season." "Irrigation, rainfall, crop, semiarid lands" "water conservation" "N\A" "WRRI" $30600.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345677" "Complete" "Combining Nutrient Removal with Protein Synthesis Using a Water Hyacinth-Freshwater Prawn Polyculture Wastewater Treatment Process" "Ricardo Jacquez" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19830901 00000 19850630 00000 "This project will use a polyculture system of floating aquatic plants and freshwater prawns to remove nutrients from wastewater. The goal is to develop a waste treatment process that helps to support the cost of treatment by the production of a commerci" "allyvaluable product like prawns." "Wastewater treatment, nutrient removal, fish" "Water quality" "195" "WRRI" $24920.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423630" "Complete" "Sulfide Control in Drinking Water with Hydrogen Peroxide" "Fernando Cadena" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19830901 00000 19840731 00000 19841231 00000 "Hydrogen sulfide causes rotten egg smell in drinking waters. Large treatment systems can afford to remove this compound with expensive chlorination equipment. This large scale equipment is not appropriate to small water systems due to the cost of acqui" "ring and operating it. This project looks at the chemical kinetics of sulfide removal using hydrogen peroxide and will test sulfide removal by hydrogen peroxide under field conditions.REPORT #189 TRANSFERED TO COMPLETE FILES 11/11/85" "Hydrogen sulfide, water treatment, chlorination" "Water quality" "189" "NMEID" $15000.00 "WRRI" $15000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423610B" "Complete" "Studies on the Survival and Optimum Growth of Spirulina spp in the Major Groundwater Types of New Mexico" "Barry Goldstein" "Solar Energy Institute/Bioenergy Division" "NMSU" 19830801 00000 19850131 00000 19850630 00000 "Spirulina is a high protein and vitamin algae that iscurrently used as a human dietary supplement. It has the potential to be used as a livestock feed and as feedstock for the production of some specialty chemicals. The objective of this project is to" "determine the optimum combination of Spirulina species, saline groundwater type, light level, nutrient type, concentration and temperature that will result in the maximum production of Spirulina biomass." "saline water, algae" "saline groundwater" "194, 217" "WRRI/saline" $90498.00 "FY85 State appr." $25000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423608" "Complete" "Determination of Assessment of Toxic Organic Compounds in Discharge Water from Hydrostatic Testing of Natural Gas Pipelines" "Gary Eiceman" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19830701 00000 19840630 00000 "The goal of this project is to evaluate the discharge waters from hydrostatic testing of natural gas pipelines for the composition and concentration of toxic and carcinogenic organic compounds that might be present. The researcher will continue to devel" "op a thorough understanding of the technology and chemistry of natural gas production." "Natural gas, discharge, carcinogins, chemistry" "water quality" "227" "WRRI" $20500.00 "EID" $5000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345630B" "Complete" "Hazardous Organic Wastes from Natural Gas Production, Processing, and Distribution: Movement of Wastes into Drinking Water Supplies" "Gary Eiceman" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19830701 00000 19860630 00000 "Previous work by this investigator has identified the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and sulfer-organic compounds in water associated with natural gas production, refining and distribution. This study will assess the movement of thes" "e compounds from existing sources and further analyze the chemical nature of the wastes." "Chemical analysis, drinking water, waste treatment, organic wastes" "water quality" "227" "WRRI" $4139.00 "OWP" $20500.00 "EID" $5000.00 "Arts & Sciences" $4325.00 "01345679" "Complete" "Field Study of Natural Groundwater Recharge in Semi-Arid Lowlands" "Daniel B. Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19830701 00000 19850630 00000 "Groundwater, soil saturation, recharge, semiarid" "surface groundwater relationships" "177" "WRRI" $50342.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423609A" "Complete" "Water Availability in Selected New Mexico Surface Water Basins to the year 2000" "Brian McDonald" "Economics/Law" "UNM" "John Tyssling" "Bureau of Business and Economic Research" "UNM" 19830701 00000 19840630 00000 "This project will use demographic projections and economic projections to determine the growth, water supply, water demand, and water availability in the Arkansas-Red-White River Basin of New Mexico in the year 2000." "Water demand, water supply, water availability" "Water conservation" "186" "OWP" $20365.00 "WRRI" $10997.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345669A" "Complete" "Pecan Nut Yield and Tree Growth as Influenced by Irrigation" "Ted Sammis" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19821001 00000 19851231 00000 "This research will determine if a common crop production function can be used for trees of all ages, adjusted for crown area, or if age specific functions must be applied. The approach will be to measure the response of different aged trees to various l" "evels of moisture stress, and model their growth yield and evapo-transpiration response under different moisture amounts and timing regimes." "Crop, moisture stress, trees, evapotranspiration" "Water conservation" "196" "WRRI" $53590.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345647" "Complete" "Institutional Preferences for Managing New Mexico Water" "Timothy De Young" "Division of Public Administration" "UNM" 19821001 00000 19830930 00000 19831130 00000 "This project will determine the preferences of various groups in the state with respect to water management alternatives. The groups to be compared are water 'experts', water users, and the general public. The project will design a survey form, debug" "it, and administer it to a statistically satisfactory sample from each group." "Water users, water management, satistical analysis" "Water conservation" "184" "WRRI" $20335.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423672" "Complete" "A Pilot Study of Simulated Rainfall - Runoff Processes Under Different Land Treatments on Volcanic Soils" "Timothy Ward" "CAGE" "NMSU" 19820924 00000 19841231 00000 19880430 00000 "This project will use rainfall simulators and sediment samplers to study the sedimentation runoff properties of volcanic soils. The experiments will be carried out in forests in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. Particular emphasis will be placed" " on bare areas such as roadways." "Rainfall, forests, runoff, rainfall simulators" "surface groundwater relationships" "241 215" "R Mtn Forest" $59259.00 "WRRI" $9686.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345649A" "Complete" "Biosorption of Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions" "Dennis Darnall" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19820901 00000 19830630 00000 "The researcher hopes to develop a low cost, rapid and low technology technique for the removal of heavy metal ions from waste water." "heavy metals, wastewater" "water quality" "N/A" "WRRI" $2160.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423670A" "Complete" "Afghan Pine Irrigation Strategies Derived from Non Weighing Lysimeter Studies" "James Fisher" "Horticulture" "NMSU" 19820701 00000 19841231 00000 "There are sparse data available on the water requirements of trees. This is particularly true for conifers. This project will determine the consumptive use requirements for the Afghan Pine. This tree is drought tolerant and could become a valuable Chr" "istmasTree and pulpwood crop for New Mexico if we understand its growth requirements under our conditions." "Drought, pine trees, agronomic crop" "Water conservation" "193" "Synfuel Conv." $4150.00 "WRRI" $4180.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345645" "Complete" "Numerical Simulation of Lower Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico" "Raziuddin Khaleel" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "John Hawley" "N.M. Bureau of Mines" "NMIMT" 19820701 00000 19840630 00000 19840930 00000 "This project will produce a quasi 3-dimensional model of the Lower Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico. Particular emphasis will be on stream-aquifer interactions. The model should be useful in estimating the impact of groundwater withdrawals on the flow of" " the Rio Grande. In addition, hydrogeological cross sections will be produced showing aquifer composition and current conditions." "Groundwater, hydrological, stream" "Surface groundwater relationships" "178" "WRRI" $47199.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345646" "Complete" "Genetic Improvement of Salt Tolerance in Chile Pepper" "Steven Tanksley" "Horticulture" "NMSU" "Gregory Phillips" "Horticulture" "NMSU" 19820701 00000 19840630 00000 19840930 00000 "Chile is a high cash value crop that is relativelysensitive to salt damage. This project will use the genetic engineering techniques of biochemical marker analysis and cell selection to determine the potential for improving the salt tolerance of chile." "Saline water, agronomic crops, salt tolerance" "Water conservation" "187" "WRRI" $50394.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423607A" "Complete" "New Approaches for On-Line Stripping Analysis of Trace Metals" "Joseph Wang" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19820701 00000 19840630 00000 "Current analytical techniques for heavy metals require several hours to complete making it impossible to monitor natural waters or waste streams on a real time basis. Real time data is important in controling pollution from accidental or permitted relea" "ses of wastes. This project is developing an electrochemical technique for the realtime analysis of heavy metals in water." "water quality, trace metals, water pollution control, electrochemistry" "water quality" "none" "OWP" $16879.00 "WRRI" $20239.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423606A" "Complete" "An Isotopic Investigation of Groundwater Resources in the Nacimiento and San Juan Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico" "Fred Phillips" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19820701 00000 19840730 00000 "This project will analyze groundwaters for concentrations of natural isotopes such as trituim and concentrations of noble gasses such as argon. These concentrations can be used to identify and date the water. These data will be used to model the movem" "ent and mixing of waters in a complex multiaquifer groundwater system." "Groundwater, basin, isotope studies" "water conservation" "197" "OWP" $24941.00 "WRRI" $37685.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345666" "Complete" "Groundwater Resources and Alternative Institutional Arrangement for their Management" "Albert E. Utton" "School of Law" "UNM" 19820501 00000 19830430 00000 19840430 00000 "The basic objectives of the research are to evaluate criteria to be considered in apportioning groundwater resources by political boundaries, and to suggest possible institutional alternatives to administer equitable apportionment." "Groundwater management, conservation, apportionment" "Water conservation" "N/A" "WRRI" $7000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423669" "Complete" "Adaptation and Application of a Surface Erosion Model for New Mexico Forest Roadways" "Timothy Ward" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19820501 00000 19831231 00000 "The location and construction of forest roads has the potential for accelerating soil erosion and causing water pollution. This project will use computer model techniques validated with rainfall simulation data to help in proper siting and construction" "of forest roads." "Forest management, computer models, soil erosion, water pollution, simulated rainfall" "water quality" "188" "NM-Forestry" $38418.00 "WRRI" $12825.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423627" "Complete" "Optimization of Primary Production by the Halophytic Alga Dunaliella Salina in Saline Water" "Gary Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" "Fred Balding" "Biology" "NMSU" 19820301 00000 19830228 00000 "The research will define the optimum environmental conditions for maximum production of plant material for the alga, Dunaliella salina. Levels of key environmental parameters which provide the maximum rates of primary production for the alga will be def" "ined." "Soil environment, saline water, algae" "Saline water" "N/A" "OWP" $31067.00 "WRRI" $15533.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423628" "Complete" "Runoff Model for Watersheds of Nonhomogeneous Hydrologic Characteristics" "Richard J. Heggen" "Civil Engineering" "UNM" 19820301 00000 19830221 00000 19830930 00000 "This study will produce a discrete-storm finite-difference runoff model appropriate for watersheds of nonhomogeneous hydrologic characteristics. Modeling methodologies and appropriate documentation will be developed so that the model may be readily empl" "oyed in engineering practice." "Watershed, storm runoff, hydrology, engineering" "Surface Groundwater Relationships" "176" "OWRT" $24480.00 "WRRI" $12240.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423629" "Complete" "Landsat Monitoring of Irrigated Acreage in New Mexico" "Michael Inglis" "Technology Application Center" "UNM" 19820301 00000 19830228 00000 "This project will examine existing methods of irrigated land inventories using satellite data and improve upon existing estimations. The satellite acreage measurements could serve as a second source corroboration of existing collection methods, improve" "currency of data and improve satellite inventorying methods." "Irrigation, satellite, data collections, data interpretations" "Water conservation" "165" "OWRT" $13313.00 "WRRI" $6657.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345665" "Complete" "A Simplified Test for Solar Water Purification" "Charles M. Redman" "NM Solar Energy Institute" "NMSU" 19820301 00000 19820630 00000 19830228 00000 "In this project, on-hand equipment will be used to determine if a solar-driven, low pressure system would be technically and economically practical. This technique used a low-cost unglazed FAFCO solar panel as a heater and vapor condenser." "Water purification, solar distillation, wastewater treatment, radiation, energy evaporation" "Water conservation" "160" "WRRI" $2600.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423642B" "Complete" "A Selective Breeding Program to Improve the Water Use Efficiency and Nutritive Acceptability of Kochia as a Forage and Grazing Crop" "Ralph Finkner" "Ag. Sci. Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Ag. Sci. Center at Clovis (Plains Branch Sta)" "NMSU" 19820101 00000 19861231 00000 "The object of this kochia breeding project is to increase the plant's ability to produce high forage yield on low water amounts. Through breeding trials, the project is also trying to lower oxalate to levels that are not toxic to cattle. The researche" "rs are looking for genetic markers to aid the breeding process and is trying to select plants with desirable forage characteristics." "Desert plants, water conservation" "water conservation" "213" "ISC" $100500.00 "WRC Title III" $16500.00 "AES" $4930.00 $0.00 "01423613" "Complete" "Selecting Genotypes of Valencia Peanuts for Salt Tolerance and Efficient Saline Water Utilization" "David Hsi" "Ag. Science Center at Los Lunas (Mid Rio Gr.Br.St)" "NMSU" 19820101 00000 19860115 00000 "This project is designed to screen peanut germplasm for salt tolerance using tissue culture techniques with the ultimate goal of selecting salt tolerant peanut cultivars." "Salt tolerance, saline water, peanuts" "Saline water" "206" "ISC" $47950.00 "WRC Title III" $14250.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423612B" "Complete" "Developing an Irrigation Scheduling Methodology" "Robert Hulsman" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19820101 00000 19860115 00000 "This research will develop the methodology associated with the implementation of an irrigation management/scheduling service for the high plains area of New Mexico. The project will develop the irrigation scheduling model and verify it with climatalogic" " data, and soil moisture levels. Some funding was used by WRRI to produce video (V9) entitled, 'Innovations in Irrigations'." "Irrigation programs, scheduling, soil moisture, climatology" "water conservation" "183" "ISC" $60800.00 "WRC Title III" $16800.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345664" "Complete" "Economic Impact Analysis of Water Use in the Lower Rio Grande of New Mexico" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" 19811102 00000 19820630 00000 19821231 00000 "This project will determine the localized impacts that would result from El Paso's proposed appropriation of 246,000 acre-feet annually from the Mesilla Bolson. Linear programming and input-output analysis will be used." "water conservation, interstate, models" "water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $9108.00 "AES" $5400.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345660" "Complete" "Gradient Irrigation of Winter Wheat for Maximum Utilization of Water" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Plains Branch Station" "NMSU" "George Morin" "Plains Branch Station" "NMSU" 19811001 00000 19820930 00000 19830228 00000 "The project will provide data for making more informed water management decisions than presently available. The water efficiency of the gradient approach for winter wheat production under the climatic conditions of the Southern High Plains will be deter" "mined." "Water management, wheat, climatic data" "Water conservation" "none" "WRRI" $6016.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345659" "Complete" "Field Demonstration & Evaluation of a Methane Producing Two-stage Anaerobic Digester Used for Complete Treatment of Municipal Wastewater" "Willie Isaacs" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19811001 00000 19830930 00000 19840930 00000 "This project will design and build an anaerobic digester for municipal waste. The first unit will be lab scale (55 gal drums). The second phase will be a small pilot scale unit at the Las Cruces sewer plant. The ultimate goal of the project would be to" "produce an energy self-sufficient waste treatment plant using the methane generated by the digestion to run the plant. No report produced." "Wastewater treatment, energy, methane" "Water quality" "N/A" "WRRI" $46735.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345663A" "Complete" "Congressional Control of Interstate Waters 1890-1915" "Don Klein" "Attorney" "Albuquerque, New Mexico" 19810901 00000 19811215 00000 19820401 00000 "The researcher will investigate Congressional action on interstate waters in the west between 1890 and 1915 with particular emphasis on the Rio Grande River. The project will determine whether Congress acted fully to allocate the water supply of the Rio" " Grande basin at Elephant Butte and downstream." "Interstate, legislation, history" "Water conservation" "n/a" "WRRI" $15000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423615A" "Complete" "Irrigation Cost Reduction and Energy Conservation through Upgrading Pumping Plant Efficiency on the High Plains" "George Abernathy" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" "Charlie Hohn" "Extension" "NMSU" 19810701 00000 19851231 00000 "This long running project tests well pumping plantefficiency and recommends measures for upgrading them. During this project, a total of 685 pump efficiency tests were conducted in all of the major pump irrigated areas of the state." "Irrigation, pump testing, energy loss, cost savings" "Water conservation" "167" "4 Corners Comm" $15000.00 "WRC Title III" $17000.00 "ISC" $54640.00 $0.00 "01345658" "Complete" "Environmental Modeling of Chlorinated Organic Compounds in Rivers, Phase II Field Evaluations" "Fernando Cadena" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Gary Eiceman" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19810701 00000 19830630 00000 "This project will investigate the fate of volatile organic compounds, such as benzene, in surface waters. It will develop a theoretical model using the physical parameters such as aeration rates and chemical parameters such as partial coeficients. The" "model will be varified by monitoring the decline of organics in the Rio Grande at stations at various distances downstream from Albuquerque. " "Chemical properties, environmental management, decomposing organic matter" "Surface Groundwater Relationships" "173" "WRRI" $58584.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345657" "Complete" "Disinfection of Wastewater" "Robert O'Brien" "Biology" "NMSU" 19801001 00000 19840630 00000 19841031 00000 "This project looks at the inactivation of polio virus in wastewater as a model for virus inactivation in general. This study will determine the method of virus inactivation of the disinfecting agents chlorine, chlorine dioxide, iodine and bromine." "Wastewater, chlorine, chemicals" "water quality" "152" "WRRI" $71301.00 "OWRT" $3684.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345654" "Complete" "Effects of Saline Water on Nitrogen Fixation by Rhizobium Meliloti in Alfalfa" "James Botsford" "Biology" "NMSU" 19801001 00000 19820930 00000 19830331 00000 "The principal water related problem addressed is to determine if saline water influences the relationship between the bacterium Rhizobium meliloti and alfalfa. This symbiotic relationship results in biological nitrogen fixation." "Microbiological, saline water, nitrogen fixation, alfalfa" "Saline water" "168" "WRRI" $42090.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345655" "Complete" "Preconditioning Cotton to Improve Water Use Efficiency and Conserve Irrigation Water" "James Fowler" "Crop/Soil Sciences" "NMSU" 19801001 00000 19810930 00000 19820630 00000 "The objective of the project is to determine the effect of water stress history on subsequent water use efficiency of cotton. The stress levels and timing required to produce a water saving drought will be defined. Morphological and physiological chara" "cteristics will be studied." "Drought, water stress, cotton" "Water conservation" "192" "WRRI" $17598.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345674A" "Complete" "In Situ Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Vadose Zone Using Borehole Infiltration Tests" "Daniel Stephens" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Shlomo Neuman" "Hydrology" "UA" 19801001 00000 19830930 00000 19850731 00000 "This project will verify with field experiments the reliability of borehole infiltration tests, based upon recent theoretical developments. Results will be tested and comparison of borehole infiltration tests with results from other methods of determini" "ng saturated hydraulic conductivity will be examined." "vadose zone, boreholes, hydraulic conductivity" "surface groundwater relationships" "180" "OWRT" $109691.00 "U of A" $27617.00 "WRRI" $82173.00 $0.00 "01345656" "Complete" "Effects of Coal Burning in New Mexico on Air Quality and Surface Water Quality: Raton Study Area" "Carl J. Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "R. Wayne Ohline Donald Brandvold" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" 19801001 00000 19820130 00000 "This research will identify the characteristics of precipitation in the desert Southwest. The contribution of coal burning to the chemistry of the precipitation will be determined. Also, the quality of water in the high mountain watershed will be deter" "mined." "Chemistry of precipitation, watershed, water quality" "water quality" "157" "WRRI" $21221.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345662" "Complete" "Sodium Sealed Miniwatershed System for Crop Production with Limited Rainfall" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Plains Branch Station" "NMSU" 19801001 00000 19830930 00000 "The proposed research program will develop a system of water concentration whereby the normal rainfall would be sufficient for dependable dryland cropping, even in years of relatively low rainfall. The application rates needed will be established along" "with estimates of their durability. The response of various crops to increased water will be determined over various annual rainfall patterns." "miniwatersheds, water harvesting, semiarid crop production, dry farming drought evasion" "water conservation" "172" "WRRI" $4306.00 "OWRT" $2288.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423626A" "Complete" "An Evaluation of Sediments in the Middle Rio Grande, Elephant Butte Reservoir and Caballo Reservoir as Potential Sources for Toxic Matter" "Thomas Lynch" "Biology" "NMIMT" "D. Brandvold C. Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" 19801001 00000 19820930 00000 19830131 00000 "The research continues investigation of the amount and relative distribution of selected metals, pesticides and other organic compounds in the water, suspended sediments and bottom sediments of Elephant Butte and Caballo Reservoirs." "Pollutants, metals, pesticides, organic compounds, suspended sediments" "Water quality" "161" "WRRI" $34603.00 "OWRT" $20068.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345653" "Complete" "Agronomic Evaluation of Salt Grass as a Potential Forage Crop in Pastures Irrigated with Saline Water" "David Lugg" "Crop/Soil Sciences" "NMSU" 19800815 00000 19830930 00000 19831215 00000 "Previous WRRI projects showed that salt grass had the potential to be a salt tolerant forage crop under New Mexico's conditions of sunlight, temperatures and salinity. This project will determine if these predictions from laboratory data are validated i" "n field plots." "Salt grass, salt tolerant, crop, laboratory, field tests" "Water conservation" "162" "WRRI" $61714.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423656A" "Complete" "A Proposal to Conduct a Regulatory Conference for Water Utility Companies" "Kenneth Nowotny" "Center for Business Research" "NMSU" "David Smith" "Center for Business Research" "NMSU" 19800501 00000 19810331 00000 "The purpose of the conference was present to the participants an integrated overview of the concept of regulation and the essentials of the rate-making process." "Conference, water utility, water regulation" "Water conservation" "none" "OWRT (UNC)" $5000.00 "WRRI" $17394.00 "Reg Fees" $6000.00 $0.00 "01423657A" "Complete" "Adaptation of Crambe Species as an Alternative Biological Source of Oil and Protein for Arid Lands Agriculture" "James L. Fowler" "Crop and Soil Sciences" "NMSU" 19800415 00000 19821031 00000 19830131 00000 "The objective of this project is to evaluate Crambe spp. as an alternate biological source of oil and protein for adaptation to arid lands, agriculture with special emphasis on productivity under conditions of limited water and salinity." "Arid lands, agriculture, salinity, oil, proteins, plants" "Water conservation" "163" "NSF" $99472.00 "WRRI" $4000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423655" "Complete" "Case History Study to Document the Effectiveness of Water Use Efficiency Research" "Thomas G. Bahr" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19800401 00000 19800930 00000 19810331 00000 "The project is a regional analysis of the effectiveness of water use efficiency research in the Southern Plains Region. The principal objective is to acquire documentation by users and other practitioners of research results to establish firmly that OWR" "T supported studies do in fact get used in the real world." "Case history, water use efficiency, water conservation, economic evaluation" "Water conservation" "133" "OWRT" $15000.00 "WRRI" $7200.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423651A" "Complete" "A Simplified Laboratory Training Manual for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators" "Doug Clark" "Public Information" "UNM" 19791001 00000 19800930 00000 19801031 00000 "The objective of the proposal is to develop a simplified training manual which will present basic laboratory skills and safety procedures in illustrated form to water and wastewater treatment plant operators." "Wastewater treatment, testing water quality, water analysis" "Water quality" "125" "ISC" $9600.00 "WRRI" $9642.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423644" "Complete" "Utilization of Brackish Water for Irrigation of Salt Grass, A Potential Forage Crop" "Gary Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" 19791001 00000 19820930 00000 19830331 00000 "This project will extend previous work on net photosynthesis and transpiration modeling of salinity tolerant species (distichlis spicata) into a complete primary production and carbon-allocation model." "Forage crop, brackish water, irrigation, saline water" "water quality" "204" "OWRT" $165027.00 "WRRI" $173783.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423652A" "Complete" "Effects of Decreased Watering on Wheat Yields - High Plains Area of New Mexico, Phase I, II" "Theodore Sammis" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19791001 00000 19821208 00000 19830201 00000 "The objective of the research is to develop the crop-production function for wheat and to model growth production of wheat under soil-moisture stress conditions." "Alfalfa, cotton, crop response, sprinkler irrigation, lysimeters" "water conservation" "179" "ISC" $40000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423647" "Complete" "Irrigated Agricultural Decision Strategies for Variable Weather Conditions" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Theodore Sammis James Libbon Morris Finkner" "Ag. Econ. Ext. Serv. Exp. Stat." "NMSU" 19791001 00000 19820930 00000 19830630 00000 "An interdisciplinary team will study the problem of a declining source of groundwater coupled with uncertainties of yield, increasing production costs, and effects of variable climatic factors in the Southern High Plains of New Mexico." "Also 1423646 and AES contributing accounts." "Economic prediction, computer models, precipitation, farm management" "water conservation" "170" "OWRT" $211364.00 "WRRI" $154286.00 "AES" $57078.00 $0.00 "01345652" "Complete" "A Comparison of Salinity Induced Physiological Anatomical Characteristics Affecting Productivity in Halophytic & Glycophytic" "Gary Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" 19791001 00000 19800930 00000 19810331 00000 "The objectives of the research are to quantify changes in leaf physiology and anatomy of a salt intolerant C4 glycophytic induced by increasing substrate salinity, assess the role of these changes in affacting productivity and compare the results with si" "milar observations on a salt tolerant C halophyte. Gramineae" "Salinity, plants, transpiration, photosynthesis" "Saline water" "143" "WRRI" $4000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423653" "Complete" "Water Use Production Functions of Selected Agronomic Crops in Northwest New Mexico" "E.J. Gregory" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" "Theodore Sammis Craig E. Kallsen" "Agronomy Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19790928 00000 19830927 00000 "This project studied the consumptive use of water as incfluenced by the level of nitrogen fertilization of spring barley, pinto beans, and field corn in northwestern New Mexico." "irrigation, consumptive use, evapotranspiration, plants" "Water conservation" "137" "OWRT" $37050.00 "WRRI" $22009.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423660A" "Complete" "Water Use Production Functions of Selected Crops in Northwestern New Mexico" "E. Gregory" "San Juan Branch Station" "NMSU" "Theodore Sammis" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19790928 00000 19830430 00000 "The objectives of the project include developing a water-production function for the crops: spring barley, alfalfa, pinto beans, and grain corn. The level of nitrogen fertility and how it affects the water-production function will be studied." "Statistical model, water management, barley, alfalfa, beans, corn, nitrogen, agriculture, water consumption" "Water conservation" "159, 137" "Bur. Reclamation" $76500.00 "WRRI" $42196.00 "OWRT" $37050.00 $0.00 "01423654" "Complete" "Isolation and Control of Membrane Filter Degrading Microorganisms" "William Lindemann" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19790901 00000 19801130 00000 19810430 00000 "The research plan involves laboratory and in-plant investigations directed at the determination of microorganisms responsible for cellulose acetate membrane filter failure at the OWRT Roswell test facility." "Cellulose, microorganisms, membrane filters, reverse osmosis, cellulose acetate" "Water quality" "139" "OWRT" $34500.00 "WRRI" $4429.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423645" "Complete" "Economic Impact of Alternative Resolutions of Pueblo Indian Reserved Rights in the Rio Grande Basin" "Albert E. Utton" "School of Law" "UNM" "Gary Libecap" "Economics" "UNM" 19790701 00000 19820930 00000 19830131 00000 "The objective of this project is to analyze the legal issues involved in Pueblo Indian reserved water rights claims and to estimate the economic impact of alternative resolutions of these claims on the Pueblo Indians, agricultural water users, municipali" "ties and industry." "Economic efficiency, Indian reserved rights, agricultural production" "water conservation" "201 & 202" "OWRT" $193892.00 "WRRI" $197106.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423698B" "Complete" "Design and Evaluation of System for Inventorying and Managing New Mexico's Water Resource Data" "Garrey Carruthers" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19790701 00000 19810630 00000 "The objective of the research is to design and evaluate water data management systems which will enhance data availability to and use by a wide range of water data users. The researchers will identify the present water resource data base, identigy users" " and their needs and design and evaluate the data availability." "water management, water records, water resources development, data collections" "water conservation" "none" "WRRI" $30000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423696" "Complete" "Model Development for Optimization of Sport Fisheries in the Rio Grande of New Mexico" "Richard Cole" "Fisheries and Wildlife" "NMSU" "Frank Ward(replaces Carruthers) Tim Ward (replaces Sabol)" "Agricultural Economics, Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19790701 00000 19850630 00000 "This project is designed to produce an integrated hydrological, biological and economic model of the Rio Grande basin. Particular emphasis is on the reservoirs in the system. The output of the hydrologic model will provide input into the biological mod" "el which will predict fish production. This information is fed to the economic model to predict economic impact of sport fishing. The model allows fisheries managers to assess the economic impact resulting from water management choices, and to attempt" "to maximize fishing opportunities and resulting income by water rights purchase or working with other water users on delivery schedules.11/11/85 Final report in process- files transfered to drawer 4 of Rm 101 files" "sport fishing, computer models, fish management" "water conservation" "223" "WRRI" $251671.00 "Game/Fish & NR" $502447.00 "AES" $36807.00 "ISC" $34900.00 "01423697A" "Complete" "High Plains Regional Study - CDM" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" 19790701 00000 19830331 00000 "Given that irrigation sources in the High Plains areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nebraska will be depleted in individual counties, in the next few years, this project will study developmnet alternatives. The project will iden" "tify and describe the policies and actions required to carry out promising development strategies." "Irrigation, water deficit" "water conservation" "146" "CD&M" $198844.00 "State Eng." $1000.00 "WRRI" $27528.00 "ISC" $9840.00 "01345624" "Complete" "An Analysis of New Mexico Residents' Attitudes Toward Water Use and Monetary Tradeoffs" "David C. Carlson" "Marketing" "NMSU" "Eric R. Pratt Robin T. Peterson" "Marketing Marketing" "NMSU" 19790601 00000 19791231 00000 19800615 00000 "The research will provide information to aid public policy formulators with water quality planning programs. Public attitudes toward the use of New Mexico's water resources will be determined. The study will also determine how citizens feel about keepi" "ng waters clean and pure. The information generated will help us to better understand the attitudes of the New Mexico public." "Recreational water use, citizens' input, citizens attitudes, water use tradeoffs" "Water conservation" "129" "WRRI" $9140.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345623" "Complete" "Grazing Impacts of Water Quality: Phosphorus Dynamics and Algae Growth" "Richard Cole" "Fish/Wildlife" "NMSU" 19790601 00000 19821231 00000 "The research will provide quantitative information needed to refine management alternatives for optimum combinations of watershed use. Date for quantitative models that would better predict the roles of domestic and wild ungulates in quality of water dr" "aining grazed watersheds will be provided." "recreation, water quality, grazing, watershed algae, range" "water quality" "216" "WRRI" $46980.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423686A" "Complete" "An Assessment of Selected Agricultural Management Practices for Reducing Non-Point Pollution of Surface Water" "Thomas McGuckin" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "James Ball" "Agr. Econ." "NMSU" 19790101 00000 19791231 00000 19810110 00000 "The objectives of the research include: 1) the evaluation of and selection of one general analytical model for predicting water quality resulting from various agricultural management practices; identification of management practices as non-point pollutio" "n abatement techniques; and development of a procedure for assessing the incentive structure which would be required to assure farm operator adoption of selected management practices." "Water quality, water quality management, pollution, surface water" "water quality" "n/a" "ISC" $40000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423622A" "Complete" "Effect of Saline Water and Alkaline Water on Growth and Survival of Phizobium meliloti" "James Botsford" "Biology" "NMSU" 19781001 00000 19800930 00000 19810331 00000 "The objective of the research is to develop strains of Phizobium meliloti with enhanced ability to grow and survive with alkaline and saline water. The results will be of interest to those interested in biological nitrogen fixation." "Salinity, akalinity, water quality, nitrogen fixation" "Saline water" "130" "OWRT" $35397.00 "WRRI" $16594.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345639A" "Complete" "Identification, Selection and Optimization of a Biological Agent for Concentrating Trace Elements from Uranium Mine Water" "James A. Brierley" "Biology" "NMIMT" 19781001 00000 19810131 00000 "The project will ascertain the biological system responsible for removal of pollutants from uranium mine waters retained in settling ponds; select biological agent responsible for inorganic ion accumulation; establish nutritional requirements and growth" "conditions which result in propagation; design, construct and test a laboratory-scale, biofilter system; and to recommend an industrial-scale process for removal of trace elements." "Wastewater, biological system, pollutants, uranium" "Water quality" "140" "WRRI" $21092.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423621A" "Complete" "Using Saline Water in New Mexico" "George O'Connor" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19781001 00000 19800930 00000 19810331 00000 "The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of using saline water on crops and soils common to New Mexico. Effects of various salinity waters on barley and sorghum common to New Mexico will be determined." "Irrigation, saline water, sorghum, barley, crops" "Saline water" "127" "WRRI" $28508.00 "OWRT" $35311.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345640" "Complete" "Case Studies of Development of New Mexico Water Resource Institutions" "F. Lee Brown" "Bureau of Business and Economic Research" "UNM" "M. Brian McDonald" "Bureau of Business and Economic Research" "UNM" 19781001 00000 19790930 00000 19791215 00000 "The project will trace the historical development of two important New Mexico water institutions to study the way that development of these institutions has affected water allocation, demand, and supply in the state. The researchers will specify the iss" "ues that currently face these two institutions to indicate the way these current issues have developed from previous institutional history." "History, water allocation, water demand, water supply, water management" "Water conservation" "131" "WRRI" $20955.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423642A" "Complete" "Potential Effects of Increased Demand for Nuclear Energy-Transport of Heavy Metals, Nutrients and Radioactive Species" "Lynn Brandvold" "Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources" "NMIMT" "Donald Brandvold Carl Popp" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" 19781001 00000 19800930 00000 19801231 00000 "The project will determine the present conditions regarding water quality related to potential pollutants such as heavy metals, nutrients, and suspended sediments and to correlate the results with mining activity." "Pollutants, water quality, heavy metals, nutrients, suspended sediments" "Water quality" "132" "OWRT" $16456.00 "WRRI" $16912.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423641" "Complete" "A Proposal to Assess the Problems of Water Supply Contamination Due to Underground Coal Gasification" "Thomas M. Niemczyk" "Chemistry" "UNM" "Edward A. Walters" "Chemistry" "UNM" 19781001 00000 19790930 00000 "The project will assess the possibility of underground water contamination by inorganic and organic species following underground coal gasification (UCG). The results of this study will be used to develop criteria that can be used to select sites for UC" "G where impact on the environment will be a minimum." "Contamination, pollutants, coal gasification, environmental quality" "Water quality" "128" "OWRT" $38056.00 "WRRI" $36763.00 "NMERB" $65376.00 $0.00 "01423623A" "Complete" "Effects of Decreased Watering on Crop Yields, Phase I, II" "Theodore W. Sammis" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19781001 00000 19810930 00000 "The project will set up a plot designed to irrigate alfalfa with a decreasing total water application using a sprinkler-line source. Evapotranspiration and associated yield will be measured. Predicted growth rate of alfalfa will be compared to actual gr" "owth rates in the field." "Evapotranspriation, alfalfa, soil moisture, irrigation, sprinkler irrigation" "Water conservation" "136" "OWRT" $40873.00 "WRRI" $17904.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423643" "Complete" "Recharge in Semiarid Mountain Environments" "Gerardo Gross" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19781001 00000 19810930 00000 19811231 00000 "The objective of this project is to test the hypothesis that slow and fast recharge components exist which are transmitted by different geological horizons and are introduced into the groundwater system at different elevations." "Groundwater, recharge, springs, tritium" "Water quality" "153" "OWRT" $45680.00 "WRRI" $45680.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423633A" "Complete" "Development of Water Research Framework for the Colorado River-Great Basin Region" "Garrey Carruthers" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Sol Resnick" "UA CWIC (Consortium of Water Institutes & Ctrs)" 19780101 00000 19791231 00000 19800930 00000 "This project will provide a means for the Institutes in the Colorado River-Great Basin states to collaborate with the major research users in problem identification and definition of priority research tasks. Research projects will be designed to impleme" "nt the needs identified." "programming, Colorado River, collaborative project" "Water conservation" "OWRT" $17000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423649" "Complete" "Eval. of Irrigation Mgmt Proceedures to Maximize Prod. of Alfalfa Populations Selected for Increased Perf. under Deficit Lev *" "Bill Melton" "Crop and Soil Science" "NMSU" "Cliff Currier" "Crop and Soil Science" "NMSU" 19771221 00000 19861231 00000 "This project aims to develop alfalfa strains that will maintain current yield levels with less water. This study uses standard plant breeding and selection techniques. Several cultivars with improved water use efficiency have been produced.*of Irriga" "tion" "Alfalfa, plant growth, plant water potential, irrigation" "water conservation" "222" "WRRI" $39135.00 "ISC" $215750.00 "OWRT" $50000.00 "WRC Title III" $49250.00 "01423694" "Complete" "The Energy Impact on Irrigated Agricultural Production in the Estancia and Southwestern Closed Basins of New Mexico" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "George Sabol" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19771221 00000 19791221 00000 19800430 00000 "The objective of this research is to evaluate the energy impact of energy prices and supplies on the agricultural production base in Estancia and Southwest Closed Basins of New Mexico. A specific objective is to determine when an aquifer can no longer b" "e an effective source of supply." "Aquifer, water conservation, fertilizers, cropping, economic impact" "water conservation" "123" "ISC" $25000.00 "Title III" $20000.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345632" "Complete" "Role of Nitrogen Phosphorus and Iron in Occurrence of Algal Blooms at Abiquiu and Cochiti Reservoirs" "Gordon Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" "Larry Barton" "Biology" "UNM" 19771001 00000 19790930 00000 19800331 00000 "The project concerns the role of nutrients in the occurrence of nuisance algal blooms in order to develop environmentally acceptable recommendations for their control." "Algal control, nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, nitrogen fixation" "Water quality" "185" "WRRI" $47550.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423617A" "Complete" "Chemical and Biological Survey of the Gila River System: Study of Nutrient Sources in Snow and Quemade Lakes" "Donald K. Brandvold" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "James Brierley Carl Popp" "Biology Chemistry" "NMIMT" 19771001 00000 19780930 00000 19790131 00000 "The objectives of this project are to provide a larger number of analyses in areas already monitored and add sampling areas to the monitoring network in order to establish the present baseline conditions of the water; to evaluate the specific effects of" "modifiers or uses on the character of the water; and to determine the background levels and sources of plant nutrients and chemical species toxic to plants in water which may be used for irrigation." "Water quality, drainage area, nutrient, agriculture, snow" "Water quality" "110" "OWRT" $4233.00 "WRRI" $6990.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423639A" "Complete" "Water Treatment for Small Public Supplies" "Donald B. Wilson" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" "Raymond M. Duran" "Chemical Engineering" "MMSU" 19771001 00000 19791231 00000 19800831 00000 "The purpose of this project is the establishment of adequate and high quality water supplies for domestic consumption. The Chemical Engineering Department with cooperation of WRRI and Water Quality Section of New Mexico Environmental Improvement Divisio" "n have assembled and operated in small New Mexico communities, a water treatment system involving reverse osmosis and electrodialysis." "Reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, ion exchange, drinking water" "Water quality" "141" "ISC" $87000.00 "OWRT" $190000.00 "WRRI" $11464.00 $0.00 "3109-218" "Complete" "Public Law 92-500 and Alternative Treatments of Wastewater Effluents in Albuquerque" "James R. Mathews" "Dept. of Engineering" "UNM" "Micha Gisser" "Economics" "UNM" 19771001 00000 19780930 00000 "The major objective of this research was to study three potential alternative non-conventional tertiary effluent treatment which could be adopted by the City of Albuquerque." "sewage, tertiary treatment, Public Law 92-500, wastewater" "Water conservation" "WRRI" $20645.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423616A" "Complete" "Influence of Oasis Conditions on Consumptive Use" "Alvin E. Stewart" "San Juan Branch Experiment Station" "NMSU" 19771001 00000 19780930 00000 19791231 00000 "The objectives of this project are to determine the rate of change of consumptive use (evapotranspiration) with distance from the desert edge of irrigated cropland and to determine the width of irrigated cropland along the desert edge which is influenced" " by oasis conditions." "Crops, energy, irrigation, oasis, evapotranspiration, climate, soil moisture" "Water conservation" "N/A" "OWRT" $7215.00 "WRRI" $5733.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345631A" "Complete" "Evaluation of Landsat-Based Area Management Accuracies for Surface Water Area in New Mexico" "Stanley A. Morain" "Geography" "UNM" 19771001 00000 19780930 00000 "The objectives of this research identified the data accuracy requirements of resource management agencies who create or utilize reservoir volume statistics and to compare those requirements against measurements of surface water area taken from Landsat re" "flective infrared imagery." "Landsat, reservoir, surface water" "102" "WRRI" $14414.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423640" "Complete" "The Influence of Irrigation Water Salinity on the Primary Productivity and Water Use Efficiency of a Potential Forage Crop" "Gary Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" 19771001 00000 19790930 00000 19791130 00000 "The objective of the proposed research is to develop a simulation model which will allow the prediction of rates of net photosynthesis, dark respiration, transpiration and water use efficiency of D. spicata as a function of soil solution salinity, plant" "water potential, irradiance temperature, and vapor pressure deficit and which will compare the physiological variation in genetic stocks." "Photosynthesis, Irrigation, salinity, transpiration, water use efficiency, temperature, forage" "water salinity" "121" "OWRT" $35494.00 "WRRI" $36079.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-163" "Complete" "Dissemination of Information in Dealing with Emergency Drought Conditions among the Western States" "Garrey Carruthers" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19770701 00000 19770930 00000 "Utah WRRI" $2500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-215" "Complete" "Effects of Aquifer Bacteria on Nitrate and Nitrate Concentrations in Groundwater of the Ogallala Aquifer" "Robert G. Taylor" "Life Sciences" "ENM" "Thomas Russell" "Chemistry" "ENM" 19770615 00000 19780630 00000 "This project will study the life span of the nitrate contamination in the Ogallala, focusing on the variability of life span between sampling intervals." "Ogallala, nitrate contamination" "Water quality" "114" "WRRI" $27011.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345630A" "Complete" "Factors Contributing to the Natural Denitrification of the Ogallala Aquifer in New Mexico" "Thomas W. Russell" "Chemistry" "ENM" 19770615 00000 19780615 00000 19780630 00000 "The project will establish logical and/or causal connections between chemical and microbiological characteristics of the water, specifically nitrate disappearance and nitrate appearance. It will also determine the applicability and limitation of these d" "ata in providing potable water from nitrate-contaminated waters." "Nitrates, contaminants, microbiological" "Water quality" "114" "WRRI" $18167.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423614" "Complete" "Water Use and Management of Trickle Irrigated Chile" "Peter Wierenga" "Agronomy and Horticulture" "NMSU" 19770102 00000 19851231 00000 "This long running project has changed titles and thrusts several times over the last eight years. Early work demonstrated the feasibility of using trickle irrigation on row crops from an engineering and soils point of view. The present study is aimed a" "t showing that the yield increase and product quality increase justify the cost of installation on an economic basis." "Irrigation, crops, trickle irrigation, economic efficiency, soil" "Water conservation" "203" "ISC" $147140.00 "WRC Title III" $47600.00 "WRRI" $16749.00 $0.00 "01423634A" "Complete" "Analysis of Priority Water Resources Problems for the Southern Plains Region" "Garrey Carruthers" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Jack R. Runkle" "Texas" 19761001 00000 19771231 00000 "The Institutes of the Southern Plains Region strived to improve the effectiveness of their research programs through each state's identification of urgent water problems. Garrey Carruthers prepared the section on critical water resource problems in New" "Mexico." "southern plains, priority research problems" "Water conservation" "OWRT" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423681A" "Complete" "Development of Procedures for Evaluating and Reducing Impact of Recreational Development on Water Quality and Yield in the Southwest" "John Fowler" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Garrey Carruthers James Mertes" "Agricultural Econ Resource Planner" "NMSU Texas Tech Univ." 19760915 00000 19810930 00000 "The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of second-home development on water quality in small forest watersheds. Research was also done in predicting second-home development in the Cloudcroft New Mexico area." "Forest watersheds, water quality, recreation demand" "Water quality" "154" "Eisen Cons" $61879.00 "WRRI" $14635.00 "AES" $40895.00 $0.00 "01345626A" "Complete" "A Proposal for the Study of Institutional Alternatives for the Management of Groundwaters Shared by New Mexico and Mexico" "Albert E. Utton" "School of Law" "UNM" 19760801 00000 19770731 00000 19780531 00000 "This project focuses on the design and development of institutional alternatives for the management of those aquifers shared binationally by Mexico and New Mexico." "Aquifers, ground waters, water management, governmental institutions" "Water conservation" "109" "WRRI" $10206.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345629A" "Complete" "An Examination of the Possible Toxic Effects of Chili Wastewater on Biological Processes of Sewage Treatment" "Willie P. Isaacs" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Aileen Shumaker" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760701 00000 19780630 00000 "This project is an investigation of the possible effects of chili-processing waste water on microbial populations instrumental in biological waste water. Experiments will be conducted to determine the effects of acclimation of biological solids on treat" "ability." "waste water, chili, toxic, sewage" "Water quality" "118" "WRRI" $25785.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-158" "Complete" "Pueblo Water Rights on the Upper Rio Grande" "John W. Clark" "WRRI" "NMSU" "J.W. Balch" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760701 00000 19780701 00000 19780731 00000 "This project deals with the water rights of the Indians of the Tesuque Pueblo, one of four Indian Pueblos involved in a legal dispute over the water rights of the Pojaque Drainage Basin" "water rights, Pueblo Indians, Upper Rio Grande" "Water conservation" "098" "OWRT" $38093.00 "WRRI" $38093.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-211" "Complete" "Alternative Analytical Procedure for Chemical Oxygen Demand Testing" "Gordon Ewing" "Chemistry" "NMSU" "D.W. Clark William A. Barkley" "City of Las Cruces Civil Engineering" " NMSU" 19760701 00000 19770630 00000 19781231 00000 "The purpose of the study is to identify promising substitute catalysts and reaction conditions and to evaluate the resulting modified COD analytical procedures with fresh and septic sewage" "septic sewage, wastewater, municipal treatment facilities" "Water quality" "WRRI" $19119.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345627A" "Complete" "Alternative Analytical Procedure for Chemical Oxygen Demand Testing" "Gordon Ewing" "Chemistry" "NMSU" "William Barkley" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760701 00000 19781231 00000 "WRRI" $20244.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-213" "Complete" "Denitrification in Small Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Systems" "William Barkley" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Stephen D. Lynch" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760701 00000 19780331 00000 "The research will consist of the designing and operating of a bench-scale denitrification reactor, then incorporating a successful bench-scale reactor to a pilot-scale operation." "denitrification, wastewater" "Water quality" "WRRI" $14885.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345628A" "Complete" "Environmental Impact of Septic Tanks in New Mexico" "John W. Clark" "WRRI" "NMSU" "Ernest T. Maestas" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760701 00000 19780630 00000 "The objective of this research is to investigate the tertiary treatment for spetic tank effluent. The treatment was carried out in a separate tank under aerobic conditions" "septic tanks, electrolysis, pure oxygen, bubble size" "Water quality" "096" "WRRI" $34862.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345625A" "Complete" "Improved Method of Estimating Crop Consumptive Use and Distribution of Soil Water in Irrigated Soil Profile" "Peter J. Wierenga" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "Sameir Al-Khafaf Boyce C. Williams" "Soil Physics Soil Science" "NMSU" 19760601 00000 19781231 00000 "This study focused on determining a method to study the distribution of cotton roots with depth and time in field soils. A computer simulation model will then be developed to compute changes in water content with depth and time in a layered soil." "cotton, trickle irrigation, soil evaporation" "Water conservation" "103" "WRRI" $32535.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423691A" "Complete" "Groundwater Quality at San Juan Power Plant" "W. Barkley" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19760401 00000 19790207 00000 "Pub Serv Co of NM" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-067B" "Complete" "Minimizing the Salt Burden of Irrigation Drainage Water in the Pecos Valley of New Mexico" "George O'Connor" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19750701 00000 19780930 00000 "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of the minimized leaching concept under New Mexico conditions. The research intended to: 1) determine applicability of the USSL computer model to New Mexico conditions, 2) determine effect of minim" "ized leaching on soil, and 3) to determine minimized leaching on yield of a crop common to the Pecos Valley." "irrigation return flow, precipitation, salt distribution, leaching fraction" "Water quality" "105" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423612A" "Complete" "A Geochemical and Hydrological Investigation of Groundwater Recharge in the Roswell Basin in New Mexico" "Gerardo Gross" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Lynn W. Gelhar Vijay Singh" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19750701 00000 19790301 00000 "The researchers will interpret records by use of modern spectral analysis techniques of the well drillings at the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District. Radioactive and geochemical correlation studies that include springs and flowing wells in the r" "echarge area will also be conducted." "Water management, well drilling, spectual analysis, recharge" "water conservation" "122" "OWRT" $65815.00 "WRRI" $14916.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-207" "Complete" "Trophic Status of Selected Northern New Mexico Lakes" "Larry L. Barton" "Biology" "UNM" "Gordon V. Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" 19750701 00000 19751231 00000 "The project studied the characterization of the algae, the bacteria and the chemical and limnologicalconditions in Fenton Lake, Hopewell Lake, Lagunitas Lakes and Eagle Next Lakes. This was done to determine the trophic status of these northern New Mexi" "co lakes" "algae, bacteria, limnology, lakes, erophic" "Water quality" "074" "WRRI" $8899.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-31501" "Complete" "Demonstration of Irrigation Return Flow Salinity Control in the Upper Rio Grande" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "P. Wierenga T. Sammis" "Crop & Soil Sci. Ag. Engr." "NMSU" 19750217 00000 19780216 00000 19780816 00000 "The objective of this demonstration project is to show the feasibility of alternative water management practices on the quality of drainage return flow and soil salinity in the Upper Rio Grande basin. The study also demonstrated the feasibility of the a" "lternative water management practices in the Mesilla Valley." "salinity, drainage return flow, management, Mesilla Valley" "Water quality" "117" "EPA" $689577.00 "WRRI" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-203B" "Complete" "History of Elephant Butte Irrigation District" "Paul Lester" "History" "NMSU" 19750101 00000 19770630 00000 "This project provides a well-documented history of water resources in the Mesilla Valley. Research includes study of water resources, water law and conservation in the Elephant Butte Irrigation District." "Irrigation districts, conservation, history" "water conservation" "none" "WRRI" $4911.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-312" "Complete" "Rio Grande Project Base-Line Study" "John W. Hernandez" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19750101 00000 19751231 00000 "The purpose of this study provided a baseline for water quality in the drains, in wastewater return flows, and in the river of the waters of the Rio Grande Project in Texas and New Mexico." "wastewater return flows; Rio Grande Project, water quality" "Water quality" "064" "WRRI" $50000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-064" "Complete" "Trophic Status of Selected Northern New Mexico Lakes" "Gordon V. Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" "Larry L. Barton" "Biology" "UNM" 19741001 00000 19750630 00000 "This project dealt with a characterization of the algae, the bacteria, and the chemical and limnological conditions in Fenton Lake, Hopewell Lake, Lagunitas Lakes and Eagle Nest Lake to determine the trophic status of these northern New Mexico lakes." "algae, bacteria lakes, algal blooms, northern New Mexico" "Water quality" "074" "WRRI" $14300.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-065" "Complete" "Feedlot Runoff and Sewage Effluents as Potential Water Pollutants with Emphasis on Nitrogen and Phosphate Levels and Oxygen Deplition" "Donald K. Brandvold" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "James A. Brierly" "Biology" "NMIMT" 19741001 00000 19750630 00000 "The effects of the input from a small sewage plant and a feedlot on a small drainage ditch are to be investigated. Primary parameters used in this study are baterial numbers and type chemical forms of nitrogen, phosphate and dissolved oxygen" "runoff, sewage, effluents, pollutants, nitrogen, phosphate" "Water quality" "090" "WRRI" $6700.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-401" "Complete" "A Preliminary Economic Feasibility Study for the Establishment of an Energy - Water Complex in the Tularosa Basin" "Robert R. Lansford" "Ag. Econ." "NMSU" "Lynn Gelhar" "Geosicence" "NMIMT" 19740816 00000 19751231 00000 "This study is a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility of the construction and operation of an industrial, agricultural, and recreational complex in the Tularosa basin. The project involves desalting 500,000 acre-feet of saline ground water, generati" "ng 2,000 megawatts of electricity, and recovering minerals from the reject brine." "desalt, Tularosa Basin, benefit cost analysis" "Water conservation" "068" "BEF" $100000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-061" "Complete" "Effect of Chili Wastewaters on Sewage Treatment Biological Processes" "William Barkley" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "J.L. Gabbard" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19740701 00000 19750630 00000 "This research is aimed at gaining reliable information on the effect of chili waste on a completely mixed activated sludge waste water treatment process. The system used for the research was a bench scale model of a completely mixed activated sludge sys" "tem." "chili, wastewater, sludge system" "Water conservation" "069" $17160.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-060" "Complete" "Protein Production by Russian Thistle: Effect of Water Nitrogen on Protein Yields" "James L. Fowler" "Crop and Soil Sciences" "NMSU" "James H. Hageman" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19740701 00000 19750630 00000 "The purpose of this study determined whether Russian Thistle might have potential as either a protein source or a forage under conditions of restricted water." "Russian thistle, Salsola, forage, protein, water use efficiency" "Water conservation" "085" "WRRI" $22099.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-201B" "Complete" "Trickle Irrigation of Cotton for Optimizing Water Use Efficiency and Energy Conservation" "Peter Wierenga" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "James L. Fowler" "Crop and Soil Science" "NMSU" 19740701 00000 19760630 00000 "Water conservation" "WRRI" $32156.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-062" "Complete" "Use of Brackish Water for Coal Gasification" "Donald B. Wilson" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" "James A. McNeese" "Chemcial Engineering" "NMSU" 19740701 00000 19750630 00000 "The study looks at the main consideration in the use of brackish water as 'process water' is the deposition of the salts from the brackish water. This study examines salt deposition in the gasification reaction system." "brackish water, salt, gasification, coal" "Water conservation" "063" "WRRI" $20625.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-156" "Complete" "Terrestrial Contribution of Nitrogen to Stream Water in Managed and Undisturbed Forrested Water Sheds" "James R. Gosz" "Biology" "UNM" 19740701 00000 19760930 00000 "The overall objective of this study was to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the release of organic N, NO3-N, and NH4-N from a variety of terrestrial ecosystems to streams" "nitrogen, watershed, streams, terrestrial ecosystems, forests, aspen" "082" "USGS" $33530.00 "WRRI" $33530.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-262" "Complete" "Use of Brackish Water for Coal Gasification" "J.A. McNeese" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" "Donald Bruce Wilson" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" 19740701 00000 19760115 00000 "This project examines salt deposition in the gasification reaction system during the processing of coal. The main consideration in the use of brackish water as 'process water' is the deposition of the salts of the brackish water." "saline water, brackish water, salt, coal gasification" "Saline water" "063" "WRRI" $12400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-155" "Complete" "Chemical Dynamics of a Confined Limestone Aquifer" "Vernon LeFebre" "Physics" "NMIMT" 19740701 00000 19760630 00000 "In this study, some physical and chemical characteristics (temperature, major ion concentrations, trace element concentrations dissolved gas concentrations, and chemical saturation) are determined for the water in the Roswell Limestone Aquifer located in" " southeastern New Mexico." "groundwater, aquifer, Roswell Limestone Aquifer" "Water quality" "084" "WRRI" $57972.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01423610A" "Complete" "Survival of Viruses and Bacteria" "Robert O'Brien" "Biology" "NMSU" "Kathleen Hain" "Biology" "NMSU" 19740601 00000 19790930 00000 19800601 00000 "This research will studied the persistence of enteric viruses in a functioning septic tank system. Poliovirus will be incubated in a dialysis membrane chamber suspended both in the chambers of the tank and in groundwater observation wells strategically" "placed in an adjacent drainfield." "virus, bacteria, septic tank, drainfield" "108" "OWRT" $90901.00 "WRRI" $51104.00 $0.00 $0.00 "01345635" "Complete" "The Nature of Virus Interactions with Soil in Groundwater Environment" "Robert T. O'Brien" "Biology" "NMSU" 19740601 00000 19800601 00000 "The microbial analysis of water gives an indication of the number of organisms present at a point in time, the results do not give necessary information on persistence. The purpose of this study is to determine the survival characteristics of bacteria a" "nd viruses in an aquatic environment thus making analytical results and enforcement of abatement laws more realistic. Also see reports 079, 083, and 108." "Microbiological, groundwater, virus" "Water quality" "111" "WRRI" $19703.00 "OWRT" $90901.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-254" "Complete" "Regional Water Management with Full Consumptive Use" "Robert Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economic" "UNM" 19740101 00000 19771231 00000 "Funds are available for travel and other costs necessary to finalize the report dealing with the social and economic impacts of alternative water-use policies for the stretch of the Rio Grande from Elephant Butte to Fort Quitman" "Elephant Butte, Rio Grande, regional water management, consumptive use" "088" "WRRI" $30400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-153" "Complete" "Los Alamos Cooperative Study" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19730716 00000 19730831 00000 $2911.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-149" "Complete" "Application of Environmental Tritium in the Measurement of Recharge and Aquifer Parameters in a Semi-arid Limestone" "Gerardo W. Gross" "Geophysics" "NMIMT" 19730701 00000 19750630 00000 "This project is part of a continuing inquiry into regional patterns of recharge and groundwater flow in a large and complex artesian basin plagued by problems of overdraft, declining water quality, and saltwater intrusion." "tritium, aquifer, recharge, artesian basin" "Water quality" "080" "WRRI" $38552.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-142" "Complete" "An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Water Resources of the High Plains" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "New Mexico State Univeristy" 19730701 00000 19731231 00000 "An interdisciplinary approach to the solution of the water resource problems of the Southern High Plains in New Mexico was made possible by the integration of hydrology and geology with economics. A linear programming model was developed." "Linear programming, Southern High Plains, water policy" "Water conservation" "44" $3780.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-157" "Complete" "Predicting Consumptive Use with Climatological Data" "Eldon G. Hanson" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" "E.J. Gregory" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19730701 00000 19780630 00000 "A major objective of this study is to enlarge the store of consumptive use (evapotranspiration) information in New Mexico by making additional consumptive-use measurements for selected crops and to extract consumptive use data from earlier irrigation res" "earch projects in which soil moisture depletion measurements have been made." "consumptive use, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, climate" "Water conservation" "066" "OWRT" $32340.00 "WRRI" $16170.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-150" "Complete" "Contribution of Natural Tritium Studies to Water Resource Management in the Roswell Basin, New Mexico" "D. Dan Rabinowitz" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19730701 00000 19740630 00000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-147" "Complete" "Sources of Groundwater Contamination in the Ogallala Aquifer of Eastern New Mexico" "Robert G. Taylor" "Chemistry" "ENMU" "Thomas W. Russell" "Chemistry" "ENMU" 19730701 00000 19740630 00000 "The project objectives are to examine the physical characteristics of the Portales Valley Water Basin, i.e. drawdown, existence of channeling for major wells, and vertical constant head permeability values; to relate effects of agricultural practices in" "an agro-economic area to the parameters of aquifer water quality; and to show logical or causal connections between chemical and micro-biological characteristics of the water." "Portales Valley Water Basin, aquifer" "Water quality" "047" "WRRI" $17621.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-143" "Complete" "Ground Water in the San Juan Basin" "Don Baker" 19730701 00000 19740630 00000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-059" "Complete" "Calcium Carbonate Equilibria in Soil and Irrigation Waters" "George O'Connor" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19730701 00000 19740630 00000 "The objectives of this project were to 1) develop a model capable of describing carbonate equilibria in water that included as many of the factors reported to affect the equilibria as possible; and 2) to test the model against data for calcareous soils i" "rrigated with water of various compositions." "irrigation water degradation, chemical model" "Water quality" "041" "WRRI" $16267.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-14501" "Complete" "The Impact of Water Quality Standards on Water Utilization of the Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" "William Brutsaert William Schulze" "Geoscience Economics" "NMIMT UNM" 19730701 00000 19741231 00000 "This research investigates the decrease in water quality resulting in reduced agriculture to move upstream to obtain water of high quality" "Rio Grande, upstream crowding, water quality, degradation" "Water quality" "WRRI" $33896.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-058" "Complete" "Improved Wastewater Treatment in Arid Areas" "William A. Barkley" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" "Shen-Chih Wu" "Civil Engineering" "NMSU" 19730701 00000 19740603 00000 "Research will obtain an optimum time differential between the addition of dual flocculants aluminum sulfate and polyelectrolytes, to a colloidal suspension. Related research investigated the reproducibility of a series of jar tests on colloidal destabil" "ation and the performance of the specific coagulants, alum and cationic polyelectrolyte." "Water conservation" "062" "WRRI" $15217.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-146" "Complete" "Stream Organics to Evaluate Land Management" "James Gosz" "Biology" "UNM" "Mary L. Barr" "Biology" "UNM" 19730701 00000 19740630 00000 "The objectives of this study were to evaluate the quantity of certain N and C compounds in stream water from four communities; pine and juniper, mixed conifer, spruce and fir and aspen." "stream, organics, trees, Tesuque watershed, vegetation" "Water conservation" "051" "WRRI" $16355.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-148" "Complete" "Water Use and Urban Development in the Albuquerque New Mexico SMSA: A Study of User Practices, Attitudes and Priorities" "Peter Lupsha" 19730701 00000 19750630 00000 "WRRI" $32452.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-152" "Complete" "Arkansas-Red White and Texas Gulf Regional Study" "John W. Clark" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19730401 00000 19750331 00000 "WRRI" $7500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-151" "Complete" "Upper Colorado Regional Study" "John W. Clark" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19730401 00000 19750331 00000 "WRRI" $7500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-311" "Complete" "Reduction of Peak Water Consumption in Urban Areas" "Donald J. Cotter" "Horticulture" "NMSU" 19720901 00000 19740801 00000 19741231 00000 "The study will determine methods for reducing water used on urban landscapes and to enhance the esthetic role of plants in the urban landscape" "049" "Title II EPA" $82467.00 "WRRI" $9034.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-141" "Complete" "Irrigation Returns and Residence Time of Recharge by a Tracer Technique" "D.D. Rabinowitz" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Geraldo W. Gross" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19720701 00000 19730630 00000 "WRRI" $13000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-140" "Complete" "Aquifer Parameters by a Chemical Tracer Technique" "Vernon LeFebre" "Physics" "NMIMT" 19720701 00000 19740630 00000 "Soil column tests and chemical analyses of water samples from the Roswell ground water basin indicate that water is saturated with calcite before entering the aquifer. It is thought that calcite precipitation and dissolution occurring within the aquifer" " result from nonlinear mixing effects. This project will study the mixing effects." "aquifer, chemical tracer, Roswell basin, calcite" "Water quality" "056" "OWRR" $18007.00 "WRRI" $18164.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-136" "Complete" "Predicting the Quality of Irrigation Return Flow" "Peter J. Wierenga" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "Ted C. Patterson" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19720701 00000 19730630 00000 19740630 00000 "The objectives of this study determined the quality and quantity of return flow as influenced by two irrigation systems, i.e. trickle and surface irrigation." "cotton, trickle, surface irrigation, return flow" "Water quality" "012" "WRRI" $41276.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-133" "Complete" "Preliminary Evaluation of Professor C.E. Jacob's Contribution in the Field of Water Resources of New Mexico" "William Brutsaert" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Gerard W. Gross Ralph M. McGehee" "Geoscience Computer Science" "NMIMT" 19720701 00000 19730630 00000 "C.E. Jacob is considered one of the founders of modern groundwater hydrology. This study looks at Jacob's unpublished reports and notes." "Jacob, groundwater hydrology, history of water resources" "Water conservation" "050" "WRRI" $2147.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-053" "Complete" "Water Resources Problems and Research Needs of New Mexico" "Bobby J. Creel" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19720701 00000 19730630 00000 "The objectives of this research are to identify, assess, and establish a priority ranking of the state's water problems and related research needs" "research problems and needs, planning, management" "Water conservation" "045" "WRRI" $10280.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-135" "Complete" "The Determination and Origin of Lead in Surface and Ground Waters of Northeastern New Mexico" "Sigfredo Maestas" "Chemistry" "NMHU" "Antonio F. Gallegos" "Biology" "NMHU" 19711115 00000 19730630 00000 19740630 00000 "This study developed a comprehensive understanding of the content, distribution and origin of lead in surface and ground waters of northeastern New Mexico" "lead, Pecos Wilderness" "Water quality" "048" $32700.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-130" "Complete" "Cropland Uses and Agricultural Depletions in New Mexico" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19711101 00000 19720630 00000 19740630 00000 "WRRI" $11258.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-308" "Complete" "Quality and Quantity of Return Flow as Influenced by Trickle and Surface Irrigation" "Peter J. Wierenga" "Dept. of Agronomy" "NMSU" "Robert Lansford Bobby Creel" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19711001 00000 19740930 00000 19750228 00000 "This field study was conducted to determine the effects of controlled surface irrigation and trickle irrigation return flow. Trickle irrigation resulted in cotton yields which were 8.2% higher than those from the surface irrigated plots, and with trickl" "e irrigation, 24% less water was used than with surface irrigation." "Water conservation" "046" "Title II EPA" $209725.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-11801" "Complete" "Analysis of Water Characteristics of Manufacturing Industries and their Adaptability to Semi-Arid Regions" "William C. Arnwine" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 19730630 00000 "This study will provide detailed information concerning manufacturing operating characteristics of major water-using industries and their technological ability to adapt to the economic and environmental conditions of water use in the southwest. The indu" "stries chosen are petroleum refining and coal gasification." "manufacturing, industry, petroleum, coal gasification" "Water conservation" "040" "OWRR" $9700.00 "WRRI" $9921.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-125" "Complete" "Water as a Limiting Factor in Indian Economic Development" "Shaul Ben-David" "Economics" "UNM" "John G. Borrego" "Economics" "UNM" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "This study determined effects of water supply on the cultural and economic development of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, both past and present." "Pueblo Indians, culture, water supply, economic development" "Water conservation" "036" "WRRI" $5381.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-124" "Complete" "Measurement of Groundwater Flow Using an In-Situ Thermal Probe" "Marshall A. Reiter" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "Allan Sanford" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 19740630 00000 "The purpose of this research was to construct and calibrate a thermal probe for the in-situ measurement of the horizontal component of ground water flow." "groundwater, thermal probe, subsurface water, rate of flow" "Water quality" "027" "WRRI" $27151.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-123" "Complete" "Analysis of Mercurials in Elephant Butte Reservoir" "John D. Garcia" "Biology" "UNM" "David E. Kidd Gordon V. Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" 19710701 00000 19720901 00000 19730630 00000 "The objective of the proposed research determined the conditions limiting algae growth in Elephant Butte Reservoir" "phytoplankton nutrition, algae nutrition, Elephant Butte Reservoir" "Water quality" "035" "WRRI" $25730.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-122" "Complete" "A Study of the Chemical and Biological Character of Rio Grande Water in the Bosque del Apache Refuge" "Donald Brandvold" "Chemistry" "NMIMT" "James Brierly Carl J. Popp" "Biology" "NMIMT" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 19730630 00000 "This study researched the effects of a waterfowl refuge on water quality using an interdisciplinary approach by monitoring the physical, chemical, and biological character of the water in the refuge" "Bosque de Apache Refuge, waterfowl, wildlife" "Water quality" "030" "WRRI" $22899.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-044" "Complete" "A Method of Demineralization Using Strongly Basic Ion Exchange Resins" "William S. Midkiff" 19710701 00000 19720601 00000 "WRRI" $8990.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-126" "Complete" "Hydrologic Nutrient Cycle Interaction in Undisturbed and Man-Manipulated Ecosystems" "James Gosz" "Biology" "UNM" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 19730630 00000 "The long term objectives of this study were to understand mineral cycling and stream water chemistry of watershed ecosystems as influenced by vegetational communities, climatic conditions, weathering of soil minerals, and man." "watershed, ecosystem, stream water chemistry, vegetation" "Water conservation" "031" "WRRI" $21056.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-046" "Complete" "Study of Phosphate Induced Algal Growth in Order to Supress or Eliminate this Phenomena" "N.E. Vanderborgh" "Chemistry" "UNM" "A.G. Buyers" "Chemistry" "UNM" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "This project will study the kinetics of the radioactive isotope p32 uptake by the fresh water algal and chlorella. It will be investigated in soil-water cultures, natural systems, and synthetic culture media." "algal control, phosphates, algae, biodegradation, Rio Grande Valley" "Water quality" "003" "WRRI" $7500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-043" "Complete" "A Technico-Economic Feasibility Study of Thermal Pollution Abatement by Adiabatic Degassing" "Donald B. Wilson" "Chemical Engineering" "NMSU" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "This project studied the reduction of thermal pollution by means of adiabatic degassing using a computer simulation of the process. The systems considered were hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and sulfur dioxide in water." "thermal pollution, adiabatic degassing, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, sulfur dioxide" "Water quality" "019" "OWRR" $7775.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-045" "Complete" "Pollution Studies of the Regional Agallala Aquifer at Portales" "Robert G. Taylor" "Life Sciences" "ENMU" 19710701 00000 19720831 00000 "This study examined the regional Ogallala Aquifer at Portales for pollution during a one year period. The study will examine both bacterial and chemical parameters." "bacteria, nitrate, pH, phosphate" "Water quality" "008" "OWRR" $6100.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-047" "Complete" "Inventory of Water Diversions and Rate Structure for Cities, Towns and Villages in New Mexico" "Alan Randall" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "WRRI" $5102.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-048" "Complete" "Tritium as a Tool in the Determination of Hydrologic Parameters in the Roswell Basin" "Gerardo Wolfgang Gross" "Geoscience" "NMIMT" "D. Dan Rabinowitz" "Geoscinece" "NMIMT" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "This study involved tritium analysis of precipitation and ground water samples taken for a 13 year period. This information together with geohydrologic and meteorologic data, has led to the construction of a tritium input function for the Roswell Artesi" "an basin." "tritium, Roswell Artesian basin, recharge, precipitation" "Water quality" "016" "OWRR" $5257.00 "WRRI" $3800.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-042" "Complete" "The Development and Field Testing of School Learning Materials on Water Problems of New Mexico and the Southwest" "Chris Buethe" "Elementary and Secondary Education" "NMSU" "Alan Fitzpatrick" "Educational Psychology" "NMSU" 19710701 00000 19720630 00000 "The product of this study will be a set of mediated learning packages based upon water problems of New Mexico and the Southwest. The learning materials will be developed for elementary, secondary and adult students." "children, learning materials, education, water problems" "Water conservation" "010" "OWRR" $8413.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-203A" "Complete" "Soil and Water Management for Salinity Control" "Peter J. Wierenga" "Dept. of Agronomy" "NMSU" 19700801 00000 19720731 00000 "This project measured the rates of soluble salt movement in soils, and predict salt and water movement under unsaturated flow conditions." "salinity, water movement through soil, unsaturated flow" "Surface groundwater relationships" "018" "OWRR" $96517.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-040" "Complete" "Bioassays as Quality in Water Resources of Major Importance to New Mexico" "G. Stanley Smith" "Animal Science" "NMSU" 19700701 00000 19710630 00000 19720630 00000 "The project's objectives were: 1) to survey major water resources in New Mexico and characterize them in terms of quality for usage by ruminant and non-ruminant animals; 2) to identify water resources with potential hazards to animal health; and 3) to de" "rive quantitative relationships from the data by which effects from various constituents can be identified in terms of animal performance." "animals, quality" "Water quality" "015" "WRRI" $15049.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-036" "Complete" "Estimation of Capital-Water Elasticities of Substitution in U.S. Manufacturing" "F.L. Brown Jr." "Economics" "UNM" 19700701 00000 19710630 00000 "OWRR" $10000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-037" "Complete" "The Impact of Water Technology on the History of New Mexico" "Paige W. Christiansen" "History" "NMIMT" 19700701 00000 19710701 00000 19730630 00000 "This study will assemble historical data relating to water control and applied technology during Indian, Spanish, and Anglo-American periods in New Mexico." "history, technology, New Mexico" "Water conservation" "029" $29108.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-038" "Complete" "Utilization of Water in a Semi-Arid Region" "H. Dale Fuehring" "Plains Branch Station" "NMSU" 19700701 00000 19720630 00000 19750630 00000 "The objective of this project developed a system of water concentration whereby the normal rainfall of the High Plains area would be sufficient for dependable dryland cropping, and to determine size and shape of microwatersheds and growing beds needed fo" "r most efficient water utilization." "microwatershed, semi-arid cropping, rain-water, dryland cropping" "Water conservation" "059" "WRRI" $39353.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-039" "Complete" "Simulation of Coupled Leaky Aquifers and a Surface Water System" "Z.A. Saleem" "Hydrology" "NMIMT" 19700701 00000 19710630 00000 "Two types of models of groundwater flow in multiaquifer systems were presented in this report. A numerical model is developed as well as an analytical models of steady groundwater flow in a three-aquifer system." "Groundwater, model, aquifer, rate of flow" "Water quality" "017" "WRRI" $9000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-041" "Complete" "Environmental Controls on Groundwater Chemistry: I. The Effect of Phreatophytes" "Frank B. Titus" "Geology" "NMIMT" 19700701 00000 19730630 00000 "This project will study the nature and distribution of salt concentrations in groundwater caused by phreatophytes immediately beneath the water table." "052" "WRRI" $35110.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-113" "Complete" "Management of Replacement Flows in Agricultural Areas" "Micha Gisser" "Economics" "UNM" "Abraham Mercado" 19700701 00000 19711001 00000 "004" $5261.00 $5621.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-112" "Complete" "A Comparison of Rates of Water Loss Through Transpiration of Several Southern New Mexico Phreatophyte" "Gary L. Cunningham" "Biology" "NMSU" 19700701 00000 19720731 00000 "This report describes the development and use of a method of estimating transpirational water use by riparian plant communities. The method involves the development and use of mathematical models to predict transpiration rates on a leaf area basis from" "environmental data." "mathematical models, riparian, phreatophyte" "Water conservation" "025" "OWRR" $21139.00 "WRRI" $21239.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-032" "Complete" "An Investigation of Primary Productivity Using the C14 Method and An Analysis of Nutrients in Elephant Butte Reservoir" "Gordon V. Johnson" "Biology" "UNM" "David E. Kidd" "Biology" "UNM" 19690701 00000 19710630 00000 "Nutrient supplies for algae in Elephant Butte Reservoir were investigated by chemical analysis of water samples laboratory bioassays with unialgal cultures, and field experiments in which the effect of nutrient additions on primary productivity of the na" "tural phytoplankton population was determined." "algae, Elephant Butte, nutrients, phytoplankton, nitrogen" "Water quality" "037" "WRRI" $9919.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-034" "Complete" "An NMR and Calorimetric Study of the Interactions Between Lanthanide Ions and Water" "Edward R. Birnbaum" "Chemistry" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19700630 00000 "WRRI" $4000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-172" "Complete" "Cost Allocation-1st year, Elasticities of Substitution Project" "L.M. Falkson" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "R.C. d'Arge" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19700630 00000 "OWRR" $5554.00 "WRRI" $5554.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-201A" "Complete" "Soil and Water Management for Salinity Control" "H.E. Dregne" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "Peter Wierenga George O'Connor" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19700731 00000 "The objective of this study is to determine, through the construction of a model, water and salt movement under unsaturated soil water conditions. This information will predict maintenance of a desired salinity level in soils and the reduction of pollut" "ion of ground water supplies." "salt movement, pesticides, nitrate movement" "018" "OWRR" $46223.00 "WRRI" $3130.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-035" "Complete" "Cloud Chamber Study of Water Evaporation" "William B. Good" "Physics" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19720630 00000 19730630 00000 "A cloud chamber system was developed to study the evaporation of water and a series of experiments performed to demonstrate its ability to carry out such investigations. An analytic method was developed to interpret the results of the study and a relati" "onship between evaporation resistance and water surface tension established." "condensation, evaporation, vapor pressure, diffusion, clouds, fog" "Water conservation" "009" "WRRI" $14868.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-117" "Complete" "An Analytical Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Utilization of the Water Resources of the Rio Grande in New Mexico" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19720701 00000 "This project is a multi-year interdisciplinary project with a number of researchers, integrating hydrology, geology, engineering and economics. The primary objective was the evaluation of the social and economic impacts of alternative water-use policies" "." "Modeling, policy, economics" "Water conservation" "20" "WRRI" $125984.00 "OWRR" $125934.00 $0.00 $0.00 "5700-302" "Complete" "Citizens Conference on Water Resources" "H.R. Stucky" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19711001 00000 "A series of two conferences in each of seven areas in New Mexico are proposed for the fall of 1969. These conferences will be for the purpose of providing the citizens in these areas an opportunity to participate and make recommendations on the water pr" "oblems as they see them for their area." "conference, citizen, participation" "Water conservation" "M11" "HEA Title I" $23961.00 "UNM" $11981.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-109" "Complete" "Irrigability Classification of New Mexico Lands as a Guide for Water Importation" "James U. Anderson" "Agronomy" "NMSU" "Harrison J. Maker" "Agronomy" "NMSU" 19690701 00000 19700630 00000 19710630 00000 "OWRR" $14920.00 "WRRI" $15780.00 "ISC" $4000.00 "AES" $4899.00 "5700-304" "Complete" "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Tularosa Basin Saline Water Resources - Their Availability and Potential Economic Development" "Ralph Stucky" "WRRI" "NMSU" 19680801 00000 19690630 00000 19701231 00000 "This study looks at the large quantities of saline water present in New Mexico and the availability of this water by chemical characteristics and locations." "Tularosa Basin, saline water" "OSW" $45000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-10701" "Complete" "A Comprehensive Water Resources Analysis of a Typical Overdrawn Basin in an Irrigated Semi-Arid-Pecos River Basin" "C.E. Jacob" "Hydrology" "NMIMT" "W.K. Summers" "Hydrology" "NMIMT" 19680701 00000 19690630 00000 19700331 00000 "OWRR" $43441.00 "WRRI" $43457.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-067A" "Complete" "Model Study to Predict Salt Distribution and Concentration of Water in Soil Profiles" "J.F. Alfaro" "Agricultural Engineering" "NMSU" 19680701 00000 19700630 00000 19710630 00000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-030" "Complete" "Comparative Productivities of Small Bodies of Water in Desert and Mountain Areas of Southern New Mexico" "Walter G. Whitford" "Biology" "NMSU" 19680701 00000 19700630 00000 19710630 00000 "WRRI" $2000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-029" "Complete" "Feasibility of Treating and Recycling Used Fish Hatchery Water" "R.E. Speece" "Biology" "NMSU" 19680701 00000 19700630 00000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-028" "Complete" "Decision Models for Minim. the Cost of Info. or Error on Estimating Benefit-Water Relationships with Speical Applications to Irrigation" "Ralph d'Arge" "NMSU" 19680701 00000 19700630 00000 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "5700-305" "Complete" "Research of the Possibilities of Biological Control of Tamarisk and other Phreatophytes" "Gordon Watts" "Botany and Entomology" "NMSU" "C.R. Maier" "Botany and Entomology" "NMSU" 19680601 00000 19710630 00000 19711031 00000 "This contract is for the study regarding the use of biological agents to control phreatophytes (e.g. tamarisk) in the state of New Mexico, as part of a US Bureau of Reclamation water conservation program." "Water conservation" "Bur Rec" $38500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "5700-306" "Complete" "Water Requirements for Crop Production in the Roswell Underground Water Basin" "Robert R. Lansford" "Agricultural Economics" "NMSU" 19660310 00000 19680630 00000 19700131 00000 "This project assembled and analyze existing cropping patterns, water use, water quality, soil quality and crop yields for the Roswell Underground Water Basin. It also looked at water requirements for crops & basin income effects from various irrigation" "methods." "M4" "PVAC" $96171.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "5700-309" "Complete" "Roswell Saline Water Conference" "H.R. Stucky" "WRRI" "NMSU" "WRRI" $2190.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-267" "Complete" "George O'Connor" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-145-2" "Complete" "Lynn Gelhar" "NMIMT" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 "3109-219" "Complete" "Mine Water Use Alternative Study - Bernabe Montano Grant, Pueblo of Laguna Reservation" "Robert Lansford" "Ag Econ" "NMSU" "R. Mead" "Chemical Engineering" "UNM" "This study researched the disposal of mine waste water of a planned uranium mining of operation to be undertaken by Conoco on the Laguna Pueblo reservation." "saline mine discharge, uranium" "Laguna Pueblo" $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00