Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Water Use Calculator

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/water-footprint-calculator/

Copy and paste this link into your address bar. It's a fun and easy way to see how much water you use. Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Current Events in Water

Here are a couple of articles from the Santa Fe New Mexican regarding water in our state. Feel free to leave comments!

New rule under fire from N.M. Cattle Growers Association
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/outstanding-waters-New-rule-under-fire-from-cattle-growers

Incoming state engineer will face a changing role
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/localnews/Incoming-state-engineer-will-face-a-changing-role

Monday, January 10, 2011

AWP and Water for People

There will be a joint meeting of Water for People and Association of Water Professionals on Wednesday, January 19, 2010. The meeting will begin at 6 pm at O'neill's on Central. Anyone interested is welcome to come.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Bruce Thomson, WRP Director, receives New Mexico Outstanding Earth Sciences Achievement Award

On February 4, 2010, Dr. Bruce Thomson, Director of the UNM Water Resources Program, was presented with the 2010 New Mexico Earth Sciences Achievement Award for outstanding contributions advancing the role of earth science in the areas of applied science in education in New Mexico.

Professor Thomson is also a Regents' Professor in the UNM Department of Civil Engineering. He has been on the UNM faculty since 1978. His research is focused on the chemistry and treatment of inorganic contaminants in ground water and wastewater reuse.

Congratulations Bruce!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Technical Resources on Stream Corridor Restoration

The Natural Resources Conservation Service Stream Corridor Team Workgroup has put together a collection of on-line resources on stream restoration. The site contains a wealth of information on this topic, including NRCS policy and guidance documents, useful links, publications, photographs and drawings of various practices and treatments, workshop information, and spreadsheet tools.

Check it out at: http://www.ndcsmc.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/Stream/