Mesilla/Conejos-Médanos Basin: U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Water Resources

Abstract

Synthesizing binational data to characterize shared water resources is critical to informing binational management. This work uses binational hydrogeology and water resource data in the Mesilla/Conejos-Médanos Basin (Basin) to describe the hydrologic conceptual model and identify potential research that could help inform sustainable management. The Basin aquifer is primarily composed of continuous basin-fill Santa Fe Group sediments, allowing for transboundary through flow. Groundwater flow, however, may be partially or fully restricted by intrabasin uplifts and limited recharge