Our Publications

Publications from our research team.

Mumme, S., Megdal, S.B., Sanchez, R., Brause, H., Salmón, R., Tapia-Villaseñor, E., Ibáñez, O., de la Parra, C., Cruz Ayala, M.B. (2023). Crafting Binational Groundwater Agreements: Preconditions for Progress Along the Mexico-U.S. Boundary. Water Economics and Policy Volume 0.
Lara-Valencia, F., Coronada, I., Mumme, S., Brown, C., Ganster, P., Garcia-Perez,H., Lybecker, D., Megdal, S., Sanchez, R., Sweedler, A., Varady, R. & Zuniga-Teran, A. (2023). Water Management on the U.S-Mexico Border: Achieving Water Sustainability and Resilience through Cross Border Cooperation. Journal of Borderlands Studies Volume 38 Issue 2
Loodin, N., Eckstein, G., Singh, P., Sanchez, R., (2023). Assessment of the Trust Crisis between Upstream and Downstream States of the Helmand River Basin (1973-2022): A Half Century of Optimism or Cynicism? ACS ES&T Water
Sanchez, R., & Rodriguez, L. (2022). Transboundary Aquifers between Mexico and the United States: The Complete MAP. Transboundary Aquifers, page 140.
Rivera, A., Pétré, MA., Fraser, C., Petersen-Pearlman, J., Sanchez, R., Movilla, L., Pietersen, K., (2022). Why do we need to care about transboundary aquifers and how do we solve their issues? Hydrogeology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02552-y
Coronado, I., Lara-Valencia, F., Mumme, S., (2022). Water management on the U.S.-Mexico border: Achieving water sustainability and resilience through cross border cooperation. White paper, United States International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), 22 p.
Sanchez, R., Breña-Naranjo, J. A., Rivera, A., Hanson, R. T., Hernández-Espriú, A., Hogeboom, R. J., Milman, A., Benavides, J.A., Pedrozo-Acuña, A., Soriano-Monzalvo, J.C., Megdal, S.B., Eckstein, G. & Rodriguez, L. (2021). Binational reflections on pathways to groundwater security in the Mexico–United States borderlands. Water International, 1-20. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3985514
Talchabhadel, R.; McMillan, H.; Palmate, S.S.; Sanchez, R.; Sheng, Z.; Kumar, S. (2021). Current Status and Future Directions in Modeling a Transboundary Aquifer: A Case Study of Hueco Bolson. Water 2021, 13, 3178. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223178
Sanchez, R., Rodriguez, L. (2021). Transboundary Aquifers between Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, and California, Arizona and New Mexico, United States: Identification and Categorization. Water 13, no. 20: 2878. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202878
Rodriguez, L., Sanchez, R. (2021). Drought assessment using remote sensing in the Allende-Piedras Negras Transboundary Aquifer. Visiones contemporaneas de la cooperacion y la gestion del agua en la frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte.
Sanchez, R., & Tracy, J. (2020). Introduction: Featured Collection on Transboundary Aquifers. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Rodriguez, L., Sanchez, R., Zhan, H., & Knappett, P. S. (2020). The Transboundary Nature of the Allende–Piedras Negras Aquifer Using a Numerical Model Approach. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Sanchez, R., & Eckstein, G. (2020). Groundwater management in the borderlands of Mexico and Texas: The beauty of the unknown, the negligence of the present, and the way forward. Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026068. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026068
Sanchez, R., Rodriguez, L., & Tortajada, C. (2020). Effective Transboundary Aquifer Areas: An Approach for Transboundary Groundwater Management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12836.
Sanchez, R., & Eckstein, G. (2020). The path towards groundwater management in the borderlands of Mexico and Texas. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 7(1), e1399.
Foster, J., (2018). Survey of legal mechanisms relating to groundwater along the Texas-Mexico border. Texas A&M University School of Law.
Sanchez, R. (2018). Transboundariness or the end of aquifer boundaries as we know them. AWRA IMPACT, May 2018. Vol. 20(3), 1-23.
Sanchez, R. (2018). Book review: The International Law of Transboundary Groundwater Resources. Texas Water Journal. March 2018. vol. 9(1), 16-17.
Sanchez, R., Rodriguez, L., & Tortajada, C. (2018). Transboundary aquifers between Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico, and Texas, USA: Identification and categorization. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.
Sanchez, R., Rodriguez, L., & Tortajada, C. (2018). The transboundariness approach and prioritization of transboundary aquifers between Mexico and Texas. Ambio, 1-11.
Smith, W. B., Miller, G. R., & Sheng, Z. (2017). Assessing aquifer storage and recovery feasibility in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 14, 92-108.
Sanchez, R., & Rodriguez, L. (2017). Transboundary aquifers between Mexico and the US: Identification, classification and Priorization. XVI World Water Congress.
Sanchez, R. (2017). Transboundary aquifers between Mexico and the US: Management perspectives and its transboundary nature. XVI World Water Congress.
Sanchez, R., & Eckstein, G. (2017). Aquifers Shared Between Mexico and the United States: Management Perspectives and Their Transboundary Nature. Groundwater, 55(4), 495-505.
Sanchez, R., Lopez, V., & Eckstein, G. (2016). Identifying and characterizing transboundary aquifers along the Mexico–US border: An initial assessment. Journal of Hydrology, 535, 101-119.
Sheng, Z., & Liu, Y. (2015). Evapotranspiration of flood-irrigated pecans under drought conditions in El Paso, TX. 37-44.
Buono, R. M., & Eckstein, G. (2014). Minute 319: a cooperative approach to Mexico–US hydro-relations on the Colorado River. Water International, 39(3), 263-276.
Eckstein, G. E. (2012). Rethinking transboundary ground water resources management: A local approach along the Mexico-US border. Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev., 25, 95.
Gastélum, J., Sheng, Z., & Michelsen, A. (2012). Understanding surface water and groundwater interactions in the Mesilla Basin. 171-180.
The Journal of the International Relations and Affairs Group (2011).
Brown, W. A., Cegon, A. B., & Sheng, Z. (2011). Utilizing continuous resistivity profiling for characterization of canal seepage in El Paso, Texas. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP. 169-178.
Eckstein, G. E. (2011). Buried Treasure or Buried Hope-The Status of Mexico-US Transboundary Aquifers under International Law. Int’l Comm. L. Rev., 13, 273.
Sheng, Z., Michelsen, A., Liu, Y., Creel, B., McGuckin, T., & Lacewell, R. (2010). Statistical analysis of flow exchange and salt loading between the Rio Grande and underlying aquifers. 1002-1011.
Sheng, Z., Fahy, M. P., & Devere, J. (2004). Management strategies for the Hueco Bolson in the El Paso, Texas, USA and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Region.
Reinert, S., Sheng, Z., & Fahy, M. P. (2004). Synopsis of the El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project.
Sheng, Z., Aristizabal, L. S., & Wanyan, Y. (2004). Well spacing and its impacts on surface water flow in El Paso Lower Valley. 341-346.
Sheng, Z., King, J. P., Aristizabal, L. S., & Davis, J. (2003). Assessment of Water Conservation by Lining Canals in the Paso Del Norte Region The Franklin Canal Case Study. 2295-2301.
Sheng, Z., Michelsen, A., Fahy, M. P., & Ashworth, J. (2003). Conflicts and Cooperation: Water Resources Planning in Far West Texas. 2337-2346.