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New Mexico Water Science Center's priority is to continue the important work of the Department of the Interior and the USGS, while also maintaining the health and safety of our employees and community. Based on guidance from the White House, the CDC, and state and local authorities, we are shifting our operations to a virtual mode and have minimal staffing within our offices.
New Mexico Current Water Conditions Dashboard
The maps utilize zoom and pan to allow you to focus in on the water-monitoring sites that interest you. The maps show current water conditions as compared to historical records.
Visit the SitesNew Mexico Water Science Center Featured Project:
In cooperation with Bernalillo County, the U.S. Geological Survey characterized polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations and made PCB load estimates from Albuquerque area stormwater channels.
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New Mexico Water Science Center's most popular pages and external links:
The Water Quality Portal (WQP)
New Mexico ScienceNews
USGS News Release: Groundwater Levels are Rebounding in Albuquerque
Groundwater levels in the Albuquerque area are on the rise according to newly published research from the U.S. Geological Survey.
USGS Response to Ute Park Fire
The New Mexico Water Science center has proactively installed three rain gages at two existing streamgages and one reservoir gage within and surrounding the Ute Park Fire burn area. The data will provide local, state, and federal entities as well as area residents with near real time information of precipitation in the area.
Understanding Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Water Storage Option in the Pojoaque River Basin
In order to provide long-term storage of diverted surface water from the Rio Grande as part of the Aamodt water rights settlement, managed aquifer recharge by surface infiltration in Pojoaque River Basin arroyos was proposed as an option.
Publications
Optimization assessment of a groundwater-level observation network in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA), measures groundwater levels continuously (hourly) and discretely (semiannually and annually) at a network of wells and piezometers (hereafter called the observation network) within the Middle Rio Grande Basin in central New Mexico....
Ritchie, Andre B.; Pepin, Jeff D.
Assessment of soil and water resources in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico
The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (Monument) in southern New Mexico was established in 2014. Given anticipated future demands in the Monument for recreation, livestock grazing, and maintenance of rights-of-way (for example, pipelines and powerlines), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) needs a better understanding of the current...
Blake, Johanna M.; Mitchell, Aurelia C.; Shephard, Zachary; Ball, Grady; Chavarria, Shaleene; Douglas-Mankin, Kyle R.
Relating hydroclimatic change to streamflow, baseflow, and hydrologic partitioning in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, 1980 to 2015
Understanding how changing climatic conditions affect streamflow volume and timing is critical for effective water management. In the Rio Grande Basin of the southwest U.S., decreasing snowpack, increasing minimum temperatures, and decreasing streamflow have been observed in recent decades, but the effects of hydroclimatic changes on baseflow, or...
Rumsey, Christine; Miller, Matthew; Sexstone, Graham A.