Sigstedt, S.C., Phillips, F.M. and Ritchie, A.B.O., 2016, Groundwater flow in an ‘underfit’ carbonate aquifer in a semiarid climate: application of environmental tracers to the Salt Basin, New Mexico (USA): Hydrogeology Journal, v. 24, no. 4, p. 841–863
Andre Ritchie
Biography
Andre Ritchie is a hydrologist in the hydrogeology and geochemistry program area at the New Mexico Water Science Center. Andre received a M.S. degree in Hydrology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Since joining the USGS in 2015, Andre's work has been focused on using hydrogeology and integrated hydrologic modeling to answer questions relating to surface-water/groundwater interaction, farm-scale agricultural conjunctive use, and management of surface-water and groundwater resources.
Education:
- M.S. Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2011
- B.S. Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2007
Professional Experience:
- 2015 to present: Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2014 to 2015: Hydrogeologist, CH2M HILL/CH2M, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2011 to 2014: Hydrogeologist, CH2M HILL, Santa Ana, California
- 2010 to 2011: Hydrogeologist, AMEC, Socorro, New Mexico
Science and Products
Date published: June 12, 2016
Status: Active Rio Grande Transboundary Integrated Hydrologic Model: Modeling Conjunctive Use to Support Resource Management
The Palomas, Mesilla, and Conejos-Médanos Basins in New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico compose a geologically and hydrologically complex region. The conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater takes place under a myriad of legal and operational constraints, including the Rio Grande Compact, an international treaty, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Rio Grande Project. New demands...
Contacts: Andre Ritchie
Date published: June 25, 2015
Status: Completed Potentiometric Surfaces and Groundwater-Level Changes
In the past, groundwater pumped from the Santa Fe Group aquifer system was the principal source of water for the Albuquerque metropolitan area of central New Mexico. The large quantity of groundwater pumping relative to recharge resulted in substantial drawdown in the aquifer system. In 2008 the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority began diverting water from the San Juan-Chama...
Contacts: Amy Galanter, Andre Ritchie
Date published: June 20, 2014
Status: Completed Changes in Groundwater Levels in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) has been investigating the effects of groundwater withdrawal on groundwater levels throughout the Albuquerque metropolitan area in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of central New Mexico (fig. 1). Historically, the water supply requirements of the Albuquerque metropolitan area were met...
Contacts: Andre Ritchie
Date published: June 5, 2014
Status: Active Aquifer Compaction, Recovery, and Land-surface Elevation Change in the Albuquerque Basin
In many groundwater basins in the arid to semiarid western United States, permanent regional-scale land-surface elevation change has resulted from substantial drawdown of groundwater levels. By the end of 2008, groundwater drawdown from municipal pumping in the Albuquerque area had reached as much as 120 feet below predevelopment (~1950s) water levels. In 2014 the USGS, in cooperation with the...
Contacts: Andre Ritchie
Date published: September 18, 2018
Digital hydrologic and geospatial data for the Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico
Digital hydrologic and geospatial data for the Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico
Date published: January 1, 2018
Historical and projected production well pumping from January 1, 1900 through March 15, 2141, Middle Rio Grande Basin, Albuquerque and vicinity, New Mexico
This data release contains six historical and projected production well pumping scenarios from January 1, 1900 through March 15, 2141 for the Middle Rio Grande Basin, Albuquerque and vicinity, New Mexico. The production well pumping rates and source of these rates are included as tabular files. Tabular files are also included that define the time period over which these rates are applicab
Date published: November 1, 2017
Geodatabase supporting the assessment of hydrologic resources and the potential effects from oil and gas development in the Bureau of Land Management Tri-County Planning Area, Sierra, Doña Ana, and Otero Counties, New Mexico
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release presents the geospatial data used to assess the hydrologic resources and the potential effects from oil and gas development in the Bureau of Land Management Tri-County Planning Area, Sierra, Doña Ana, and Otero Counties, New Mexico.
Year Published: 2020
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.View Citation
Ritchie, A.B., and Pepin, J.D., 2020, Optimization assessment of a groundwater-level observation network in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico (ver. 2, December 2020): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2020–5007, 113 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205007.
Year Published: 2020
Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico
Changes in population, agricultural development and practices (including shifts to more water-intensive crops), and climate variability are increasing demands on available water resources, particularly groundwater, in one of the most productive agricultural regions in the Southwest—the Rincon and Mesilla Valley parts of Rio Grande Valley, Doña Ana...
Hanson, Randall T.; Ritchie, Andre B.; Boyce, Scott E.; Galanter, Amy E.; Ferguson, Ian A.; Flint, Lorraine E.; Flint, Alan L.; Henson, Wesley R.View Citation
Hanson, R.T., Ritchie, A.B., Boyce, S.E., Galanter, A.E., Ferguson, I.A., Flint, L.E., Flint, A., and Henson, W.R., 2020, Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5120, 186 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195120.
Year Published: 2019
Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2018
The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25–40 miles wide. The basin is hydrologically defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompasses the structural Rio Grande Rift between San Acacia to the south and Cochiti Lake to the north. A 20-percent...
Ritchie, Andre B.; Galanter, Amy E.View Citation
Ritchie, A.B., and Galanter, A.E., 2019, Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1116, 42 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1116.
Year Published: 2019
Groundwater-level change for the periods 2002–8, 2008–12, and 2008–16 in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA), has developed a series of maps and associated reports, beginning in 2002, that document groundwater levels in the production zone of the Santa Fe Group aquifer system beneath a large area of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (...
Ritchie, Andre B.; Galanter, Amy E.; Curry, Lucas T.S.View Citation
Ritchie, A.B., Galanter, A.E., and Curry, L.T.S., Groundwater-level change for the periods 2002–8, 2008–12, and 2008–16 in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3435, 1 sheet, pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3435.
Year Published: 2019
Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2017
The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25–40 miles wide. The basin is hydrologically defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompasses the structural Rio Grande Rift between San Acacia to the south and Cochiti Lake to the north. A 20-percent...
Beman, Joseph E.; Ritchie, Andre B.; Galanter, Amy E.View Citation
Beman, J.E., Ritchie, A.B., and Galanter, A.E., 2019, Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1113, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1113.
Year Published: 2018
Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico
Errata**September 28, 2018: The purpose of a USGS Open-file report (OFR) is dissemination of information that must be released immediately to fill a public need or information that is not sufficiently refined to warrant publication in one of the other USGS series. As part of that refinement process, an error was discovered in one of the input data...
Hanson, Randall T.; Ritchie, Andre B.; Boyce, Scott E.; Ferguson, Ian; Galanter, Amy E.; Flint, Lorraine E.; Henson, Wesley R.Attribution: California Water Science Center, Water Resources
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Hanson, R.T., Ritchie, A.B., Boyce, S.E., Galanter, A.E., Ferguson, I.A., Flint, L.E., and Henson, W.R., 2018, Rio Grande transboundary integrated hydrologic model and water-availability analysis, New Mexico and Texas, United States, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico: U.S Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1091, 185 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181091.
Year Published: 2018
Assessment of water resources and the potential effects from oil and gas development in the Bureau of Land Management Tri-County planning area, Sierra, Doña Ana, and Otero Counties, New Mexico
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, conducted a study to assess the water resources and potential effects on the water resources from oil and gas development in the Tri-County planning area, Sierra, Doña Ana, and Otero Counties, New Mexico. Publicly available data were used to assess these...
Blake, Johanna M.; Miltenberger, Keely; Stewart, Anne M.; Ritchie, Andre; Montoya, Jennifer; Durr, Corey; McHugh, Amy R.; Charles, EmmanuelView Citation
Blake, J.M., Miltenberger, Keely, Stewart, Anne, Ritchie, Andre, Montoya, Jennifer, Durr, Corey, McHugh, Amy, and Charles, Emmanuel, 2018, Assessment of water resources and the potential effects from oil and gas development in the Bureau of Land Management Tri-County planning area, Sierra, Doña Ana, and Otero Counties, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5151, 87 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175151.