A major need exists to train the next generation of water resource researchers, educators, and managers to address these challenges, both inside and outside New Mexico.

The Master of Science Water Science & Management Program will train researchers to meet current and emerging water challenges, including:

  • Improved agricultural water use efficiency
  • The need to reduce aquifer vulnerability
  • Improved watershed management for community water supplies
  • Affordable urban and agricultural conservation measures
  • Increased economic development from use of abundant brackish groundwater
  • Greater flexibility for adapting water use patterns to drought and climate change