Tag: Aquifer map
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Aquifers Along the Border
A complete count or map of the aquifers along the U.S.-Mexico border did not exist until 2023. Thanks to the leadership of Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) senior research scientist and TAAP lead, that map of all 72 shared borderland aquifers is now publicly available. (See map below.) Of those shared aquifers, 32 are…
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Texas A&M AgriLife scientist publishes complete U.S.-Mexico borderlands aquifer map
Worldwide, natural resource agencies and officials have counted the number of shared groundwater aquifers flowing beneath the U.S.-Mexico border at 11. But new research published by a Texas A&M AgriLife scientist reveals a more complicated picture: there are, in fact, 72 shared groundwater aquifers in the region. Combining years of geological and hydrological research, the map shows…
