Water Resource Assessment

To address concerns regarding groundwater/surface-water interactions and potential Rio Grande Project Supply impacts, SSP&A provided expert hydrogeologic support in the evaluation of the Tulla Resources application and developed possible strategies for offsetting any potential impacts.

To assist the State in their management of water resources in the Carlsbad Basin, SSP&A developed a graphical user interface for evaluation of water rights transfer applications which integrates an existing superposition groundwater model and advanced applications of the Glover-Balmer and Theis equations for analysis of locations outside the active extents of the groundwater model.

SSP&A developed and calibrated a highly-detailed and refined historical groundwater flow model of the Lower Rio Grande Basin.

On behalf of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (NMISC), SSP&A was asked to provide expert insight into the State’s effort to assess feasibility regarding potential Salt Basin groundwater development for interbasin transfer either to the Pecos or Lower Rio Grande Basins.