Center for Environmental Resource Management at UTEP

03/24/2022

We have another exciting day planned as we continue World Water Week tomorrow, including a talk session dedicated to the Rio Bosque Wetlands park. Join Park Manager John Sproul in a journey through time at the Park where you will see how water availability can completely change a landscape and the species it supports while learning how you can help in the effort to restore our El Paso wetlands. For the last 30 minutes of this talk, Visiting Assistant Professor S. Paola López Ramírez will join John to share the process of Experiencing the Bosque, an artist-led intervention that aims to support our reconnection to land and water through a deep embodied investigation of the park.

When: 1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Where: UTEP Campus Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) 2.215

03/24/2022

Artists have prepared some very special performances taking place this Thursday for World Water Week! Register here utep.edu/worldwaterweek , or see details below to join us! Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at UTEP UTEP Department of Music UTEP Music/Dance Collaboration

03/24/2022

Join us for this important panel, Safe Drinking Water for US/Mexico border Colonias in the Paso del Norte Region, brought to us by Dr. Ivonne de Santiago. The panel will discuss the panelists' experiences during the last six years of working with the communities in West Texas and Northern Chihuahua to provide education in environmental health issues related to water to residents in these Colonias. Panelists will also discuss the outcomes of providing residents with low-cost alternatives and appropriate Point of Use Systems (POUs) based on several factors that include type of contaminants, regulatory compliance, social acceptability, sustainability, and cost.

When: 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Where: Zoom
https://utep-edu.zoom.us/j/87844858080?pwd=enB1cEJMTEliSXFwZ3RPTHBNK3B3dz09

03/24/2022

Good evening everyone! Please take a look at all of the amazing events happening tomorrow for World Water Week! Take a look at our website utep.edu/worldwaterweek for more details!

03/22/2022

Happy !!

Did you know 50-75% of the Rio Grande’s water flow comes from snowmelt from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado?

About 75% of this water is removed from the Rio Grande by Colorado and New Mexico for things like agriculture irrigation.

So, what does that leave for El Paso? And what does this mean for the Border Region in the face of climate change??

These are thought provoking questions we should ask ourselves.

If you want to join the conversation, come see us tonight for our Nerd Night where we will learn more about our regional water and explore ways we can be more water smart.

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03/22/2022

02/28/2022

Please join UTEP's SWIM Research team for their Science Talk with the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters on March 10, 2022. See the details below!

02/22/2022

JOIN US FOR UTEP WORLD WATER WEEK 2022!

World Water Day (WWD) has been celebrated by the UN every March 22, since 1993. This day recognizes the importance of freshwater for every human being and the planet that we inhabit. This year, UTEP’s Somos Agua/We Are Water  — an artist-led collective within the interdisciplinary research grou...

02/18/2022

We are excited to invite you to the first of three One Water Cluster seminars to be held this semester on the 4th Thursday of each month, February (2/24), March (3/31), and April (4/28) at 3:00 pm in IDRB 2.204.

Each month a disciplinary expert on water will present their research for ~25 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion that will explore the multidisciplinary aspects and implications of the research, and potential for collaborations.

Our first presenter is Dr. Lixin Jin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resources Sciences. Her research focuses on the complex interaction of water, air, biota, and rocks in natural and managed ecosystems in drylands. For this discussion, she will focus on “Opportunities and challenges of sustaining agriculture in drylands: an environmental perspective.”

We look forward to seeing you there to join your colleagues for an exciting talk and discussion. Also please forward this message and attached flyer to your colleagues.

02/09/2022

02/09/2022

We are excited for our upcoming exhibit, Water/Ways!

This exhibit highlights a very important topic for our region and for life, WATER.
Water/Ways explores the past, present, and future of water in El Paso and how it divides and unites us through historic, artistic, economical, political, and social lenses.

Water/Ways is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, and was adapted from an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

The Smithsonian portion of the exhibit explores the impacts of water on a larger scale and asks questions like, "As the world’s population grows and the planet changes, can we learn to become better stewards of water and develop sustainable ways to address the challenges of sustaining this crucial resource?"

02/03/2022

The application window is now open for the Summer Institute program at the National Water Center! Deadline to apply is February 23rd! Details here ow.ly/p8Xo50HCwGT