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The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive a $7 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help build the technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of small water systems, improve...

You’ll find plenty of public servants in Washington D.C., defending various cases for their prospective state. You won't, however, find one as young, passionate and innovative as UNM senior Nic Estrada. The New Mexico native is graduating this spring...

The UNM Grand Challenge focused on sustainable water resources is seeing great success in its first two years of establishment – cultivating collaborative partnerships across campus and increasing visibility of research. “It’s incredible to see the...

The Colorado River is in trouble and preserving its waters is essential for nearly 40 million people across Northern America. That’s the message of an editorial by John Fleck, director of the UNM Water Resource Program, in the May 28 issue of Science...

Two undergraduate students at The University of New Mexico are hoping to pass their excitement for water and scientific discovery on to the next generation. Taylor Busch (a senior) and Derek Capitan (a junior) are students in the Department of Civil,...

Right now, 99.7 percent of New Mexico is in a severe drought, 82.2 percent is in extreme drought and 53.4 percent is facing exceptional drought – all of which create considerable strain on local communities, agricultural efforts and wildlife. In the...