Mission
The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Geo-Spatial Lab was founded for the purpose of producing high quality and accurate Geo-spatial data for water research investigators, legislators, and communities throughout New Mexico. The lab's projects span a diverse range of interdisciplinary studies such as geography, water science, environmental studies, human ecology, and computer science. Our goal at the Geo-Spatial Lab is to make this data easy to access, accurate, and understandable.
It is our vision that with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, scientific research, and the social sciences, we can assist policy makers, researchers, and New Mexico communities plan, develop, and execute more efficient, sustainable use of water management techniques to plan for future generations in New Mexico given our globalizing, climate changing world.
Acequia and its headgate in Pojoaque, diverted from the Rio Nambe. Image Courtesy of Quita Ortiz.