Senior Engineer
Senior Engineer
New Mexico State University Professor Emeritus, John Hernandez, has been associated with the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute for many years, most recently as a consultant on several projects. Currently, John is working with John Hawley and others on determining the feasibility of reducing the transmission losses by Conchas Canal in the Arch Hurley Conservancy District. Since retiring from the Civil and Geological Engineering Department at New Mexico State University in 1999, John has remained active in water resources management issues particularly those related to water quality. He has produced several recent reports for the Bureau of Reclamation through the WRRI on conveyance alternatives to San Acacia from the Isleta Diversion; Pecos River management alternatives that minimize impacts to endangered species; and a study of institutional considerations for managing water in the Middle Rio Grande. John received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1951; an M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Purdue University in 1959; an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Harvard University in 1962, and a Ph.D. in Water Resources from Harvard University in 1965. John was a faculty member at NMSU from 1965 to 1999, including Dean of Engineering in the late 1970s. John has broad experience regionally, nationally and internationally in water resources issues and has published extensively. He received many awards throughout his career including the prestigious Donald C. Roush Excellence in Teaching Award from New Mexico State University in 1990, and the Civil Engineering building at NMSU is now named Hernandez Hall in his honor.
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