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Welcome

The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico at New Mexico State University. The NM WRRI was established in 1963 by the New Mexico legislature and approved under the 1964 federal Water Resources Research Act. The institute funds research conducted by faculty and students from universities across the state to address water problems critical to New Mexico and the Southwest. The institute also participates in joint efforts to solve water-related problems along the U.S./Mexico border.

Through its support of research and its interaction and cooperation with other water resources entities, the institute continusously strives to alleviate water problems, working toward ensuring an ample supply of high quality water for future generations.

News / Upcoming Events

 

• NEW DATE and LOCATION for the upcoming 57th Annual New Mexico Water Conference. (Website coming soon.)



• 2012 UCOWR / NIWR Conference, Managing Water, Energy, & Food in an Uncertain World is set for July 17-19 in beautiful, historic Santa Fe at the LaFonda. Register by June 17 to get the "Early-Bird Discount." The Preliminary Program and Online Registration links are easily accessed at www.ucowr.org. 

• Water Resources Competitive Grant Program FY 2012: The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers requests proposals for grants to support applied investigations in select topic areas. Proposals may request up to $200,000 in federal funds for projects that will conclude with a final paper by August 1, 2014. Up to two awards are expected to be made in FY12 and there is no matching funds requirement for these awards.
  
  Awards will be made to Water Resources Research Institutes so please contact NM WRRI Director Sam Fernald (575-646-4337; fernald@ad.nmsu.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in this opportunity. Deadline is
  August 15, 2012.
  
  If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please have your draft proposal and budget reviewed by NM WRRI no later than August 3, 2012.




• 29 February 2012: Technical Completion Report 358, "Utilization of Saline and Other Impaired Waters for Turfgrass Irrigation" by Bernd Leinauer of the Department of Extension Plant Sciences; Elena Sevostianova and Casey Johnson of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University is now available online.




• The January 2012 issue of the Divining Rod newsletter is now available online.

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