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University of California, Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources Balancing Human and Environmental Water Needs in the Rio Grande - Rio Bravo Dr. Samuel Sandoval Solis In collaboration with: Janet Escorcia, Jesus Loredo, Pablo

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Dr. Samuel Sandoval Solis

In collaboration with: Janet Escorcia, Jesus Loredo, Pablo Ortiz, Laura Garza, Shona Paterson, Luzma Nava, John (Jack) Schmidt and Todd Blythe

University of California, Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

Balancing Human and Environmental Water Needs in the Rio Grande - Rio Bravo

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Natural Hydrology

Lobatos, CO San Marcial, NM Presidio, TX

Natural Flow Regime

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Discharge (m3/s)

100 200 400 300

Rio Conchos RGB below Rio Conchos RGB below Rio Conchos RGB below Devils RGB below Rio Salado RGB at Gulf of Mexico J F M A M J J A S O N D

Discharge (m3/s)

200 400 800 600

Blythe and and Sch Schmidt (20 (2018 18), Es Escor

rcia (20

(2017 17) ) and and Lor Loredo (20 (2018 18)

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Water In Infrastructure

Elephant Butte & La Boquilla Falcon

Amistad

Mexico United States Rio Grande/Bravo Basin

Venustiano Carranza

El Cuchillo

Marte R. Gomez

Abiquiu Cochiti

Sandoval-Solis S.(2011). Integrated Water Resources Management for transboundary basins. Case of Study Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Dissertation. University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX.

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Lobatos, CO

Modern Hydrology

Natural Flow Regime Regulated

San Marcial, NM Presidio, TX J F M A M J J A S O N D

Discharge (m3/s)

100 200 400 300

Rio Conchos

RGB below Rio Conchos

RGB below Amistad RGB below Falcon RGB at the Gulf of Mexico J F M A M J J A S O N D

Discharge (m3/s)

100 200 400 300

Discharge (m3/s)

150 300 600 450

Discharge (m3/s)

200 400 800 600

Blythe and and Sch Schmidt (20 (2018 18), Es Escor

rcia (20

(2017 17) ) and and Lor Loredo (20 (2018 18)

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Opportunities: Conju junctive Use of f SW & GW

Natural Flow Regime Regulated

In In Li Lieu GW Banking

GW Banking Baseline

Rio Conchos Meoqui Aquifer LRGV – BRB Chicot Aquifer

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Opportunities: Environmental Flo lows

Natural Flow Regime Regulated Rio Conchos Big Bend Salado Mouth of the River

20 40 60 80 100 120

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

J F M A M J J A S O N D Big Bend Reach Rio Conchos

Forgotten Reach

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What’s next?

Natural Flow Regime

Water Demand

Water conservation
Deficit irrigation & crop

management

Environmental flows
Buy back water right

Water Supply

Conjunctive use of SW, GW,

Recycle, Desal water

Water Reuse

Storage

Reservoir re-operation
Managed Aquifer Recharge

No Silver Bullets All of the above

Regulated

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samsandoval@ucdavis.edu http://watermanagement.ucdavis.edu

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Water Governance

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Opportunities

Natural Flow Regime Regulated

In In Li Lieu GW Banking

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Opportunities

Natural Flow Regime Regulated