Tag: transboundary groundwater
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Meet a scientist: Zhuping Sheng
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Using technology and engineering to give good, practical answers to water users’ questions is one of the joys of the job for Dr. Zhuping Sheng. As the center director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at El Paso, Sheng oversees operations and supports faculty members in their research programs. These…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article in Volume 10
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Transboundary Water Sharing: Risk Perceptions Held by Texas Border Decision Makers” by Lindsay Sansom. A cross-sectional study was conducted along the Texas-Mexico border to better understand what drives cooperative or conflictual behavior among transboundary stakeholders. The author examines the study results…
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Researchers study shared groundwater resources between U.S., Mexico
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe Underneath the border of the United States and Mexico lie transboundary aquifers. Little is known about most of these aquifers or how the two countries can mutually manage these waters. Within Texas Water Resources Institute’s (TWRI) Water Sustainability Program, research scientists with TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife Research are…
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Sanchez talks transboundary issues in May’s Texas+Water podcast
In May’s issue of Texas+Water, Dr. Rosario Sanchez, TWRI senior research scientist, was interviewed by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler. She is the principal investigator for the Texas portion of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program. Her work is to integrate, develop and create research and data on transboundary aquifers between Mexico and the United States, particularly with Texas. Sanchez, who is also…
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#ICYMI: TWRI’s Sanchez interviewed by Yale University’s Climate Connections
Dr. Rosario Sanchez of the Texas Water Resources Institute was recently interviewed by Yale University’s Climate Connections about the possibility that groundwater could become a source of conflict between U.S. and Mexico. The interview focuses on the increased use of groundwater with the depletion of the Rio Grande. “Bi-nationally there is no treaty on groundwater between Mexico and…
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Research article identifies transboundary hydrogeological units shared between Texas, Mexico
By Kathy Wythe Dr. Rosario Sanchez, a senior research scientist for the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI); Laura Rodriguez Lozada, TWRI graduate research assistant and graduate student in the Water Management and Hydrological Sciences Program at Texas A&M University; and Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, senior research fellow for the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of…
