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Healy Collaborative Groundwater Monitoring Network
The Healy Collaborative Groundwater Monitoring Network is a statewide well measurement network, with wells measured in a variety of ways (i.e. pressure, acoustic, and manual... -
Evaluation of water-level trends using spatiotemporal kriging in the Mimbres ...
Water-level measurements in the Mimbres Basin made in early 2020 were combined with data extending back to 1980 to characterize water level trends in the region. The... -
White Paper: A Summary of the Hydrogeology of the San Agustin Plains, New Mex...
Over the last several years, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR), Aquifer Mapping Program, has been working on numerous research aspects of the... -
Winter 2019–2020 Water-Level Elevation Map for the Albuquerque Metropolitan A...
Residents of the Albuquerque metropolitan area rely in part on groundwater for domestic, municipal, and industrial use. An understanding of changes in groundwater levels and... -
Hydrogeology and water resources of the Salt Basin, New Mexico and Texas- Ope...
Beginning in 2019, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) initiated research to assess the... -
Hydrogeologic Framework of the Village of Peña Blanca, New Mexico - Open-file...
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources serves as the state’s geologic survey, and has been working in Peña Blanca since March 2016 at the request of the NM... -
Lifetime Projections for the High Plains Aquifer in East-central New Mexico -...
NOTE: This Bulletin supersedes Open File Report 591 (OFR-591). East-central New Mexico is dependent on groundwater from the High Plains aquifer for agricultural, municipal,... -
Groundwater surface map of Union County and the Clayton Underground Water Bas...
Union County, the northeasternmost county in New Mexico, is rural with an economy based on ranching and agriculture. Surface water resources are limited, thus development of... -
La Cienega Groundwater Level Monitoring, Santa Fe County, New Mexico: Summari...
Beginning in 2003, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology began a hydrogeological investigation of the Española Basin, with a special focus on the wetlands at La Cienega, Santa Fe... -
A hydrogeologic investigtion of groundwater-fed springs and wetland at La Cie...
La Cienega’s springs and wetlands are important hydrologic, ecologic and cultural resources, and provide many beneficial water-related functions. The wetlands discharge... -
Hydrologic investigation at White Sands National Monument - Open-file Report 559
This report presents the results a hydrologic investigation at White Sands National Monument (WHSA) in southern New Mexico. The principle objective of this study is to develop a... -
Mapping Suitability for Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Albuquerque Basin - O...
The suitability for managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in the eastern Albuquerque metropolitan area was mapped using weighted overlay analyses. The study area extends from the Rio... -
Geologic and hydrologic maps of the Ancha Formation, Santa Fe County - Open-f...
The Pliocene to lower Pleistocene Ancha Formation, upper Santa Fe Group, is a relatively coarse deposit found south and west of Santa Fe, northern New Mexico. It extends... -
Assessment of the sustainability of geothermal development within the Truth o...
Between October 1, 2012 and Sept 30, 2013 NM Tech hydrology faculty and students, and personnel from the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources conducted a 1-year study to... -
Hydrogeology of east-central Union County, northeastern New Mexico - Open-fil...
The agricultural economy of Union County in northeastern New Mexico is highly dependent on groundwater. Ongoing drought, large new groundwater appropriations both within the... -
An update on the hydrogeology of Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico - Open...
On June 5, 2013, the Village of Magdalena notified the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) that their primary pumping well was not functioning properly. At that time, the... -
Hydrogeology of central Jornada del Muerto: Implications for travel along El ...
Between 1598 and the 1880s, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (El Camino Real) served as a 1,600 mile long trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh, New... -
Sacramento Mountains Watershed Study - The effects of tree thinning on the lo...
In New Mexico, under the pressures of climate change and population growth, demand for water is increasing, and there is mounting evidence that the available water supply may... -
A hydrogeologic investigation of Curry and Roosevelt counties, New Mexico - O...
A s part of development of a regional source water protection plan, in 2015–2016, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources performed a technical review of existing... -
Overview of Fresh and Brackish Water Quality in New Mexico - Open-file Report...
Access to adequate supplies of fresh water is becoming an increasingly critical issue in many parts of the world. In arid regions of the southwestern United States, diminishing...