Sachin serves as the Manager of the Social and Economic Drivers Program for the USGS Water Mission Area and as the lead of the Socio-Hydrology Team at the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center in Austin. He is also the USGS Environmental Justice Science Advisor to the Department of Interior Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance
Sachin has over 20 years of hydrology, policy, and international development experience with the U.S. Geological Survey, World Bank Water Program, Council of Energy-Environment-Water (CEEW), and the UN-Shell Water-Energy Nexus Initiative.
Sachin works at the intersection of hydrology, socioeconomics, and social justice to understand the human dimensions of water security and risk domestically, Mekong River Basin, South Asia, and Ukraine.
Professional Experience
2018-present, Lead, Socio-Hydrology Team, USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Seattle, WA/Austin, TX
2016-2018, Chief of Hydrologic Studies, USGS Texas Water Science Center Gulf Coast Program, Houston, TX
2011-2015, The World Bank, Water Security and Policy Fellow, South Asia
2010-2011, Economic Development Fellow, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India
2001- 2009, Hydrologist, USGS Texas Water Science Center, Austin, TX
1999-2001, Hydrologist, USGS Georgia Water Science Center, Atlanta, GA
Education and Certifications
M.A., International Development and Social Policy, University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX
M.S., Hydrology and Water Resources, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
B.S., Hydrogeology, University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX
Affiliations and Memberships*
Lecturer on Water Security, University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, WA
Energy-Water Nexus Program, UN-Shell Groundwater Initiative, Texas
Science and Products
Socio-Hydrology
Texas Gulf Coast Groundwater and Land Subsidence Program
Subsidence Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
Science and Products
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Socio-Hydrology
The Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center Socio-Hydrology Team conducts interdisciplinary studies spanning socioeconomic, hydrologic and climate science. Applying qualitative and quantitative approaches, we help stakeholders identify and assess a suite of water and climate risks. Our methodology provides a means for water and natural resource managers to analyze and evaluate risks, vulnerability...Texas Gulf Coast Groundwater and Land Subsidence Program
The Texas Gulf Coast Groundwater and Land Subsidence Program web application illustrates how groundwater, sediment compaction, and land-elevation change are related in the Houston-Galveston region in Texas. The new app was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Texas Water Science Center and is available at https://txpub.usgs.gov/houston_subsidence.Subsidence Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview
The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) has researched land-surface subsidence for more than 40 years. OTWSC collects and interprets groundwater level and aquifer sediment compaction data to understand the effects of groundwater withdrawal on land surface subsidence. - Data
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*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government