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Restoration of the Rio Grande Restoration of the Rio Grande Between El Paso, Texas and Between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, ChihuahuaCiudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Charles D. Turner, Alfredo Martinez, and Jessica Retana
Project Summary
• The development and assessment of scenarios that would allow Rio Grande to remain “wet” through the year in the El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
• The formation of a bi-national river restoration work group
• Provide a clear understanding of the hydrological and engineering conditions, institutional challenges, a biological inventory, and GIS maps of the study area
Problem Statement
• The Rio Grande has been transformed into a highly structured channel to meet water supply and flood control needs
• The potential impact of restoring a portion of the Rio Grande is the reduction in the efficiency of the existing water delivery network
Research Questions
• What are the impacts of restoration• How to minimize those impacts• Integrate a wet Rio Grande• Impacts to existing water institutions
Conceptual Design Alternatives
Category Description
Alternative 1 Baseline DataCurrent hydrologic and engineering structure of the Rio Grande.
Alternative 2No intervention and undisturbed recovery
Restore the river without including engineering solutions to reduce the impact to the system
Alternative 3 Engineering DesignUse of engineering solutions or structures to mitigate potential impacts to system
Alternative 4 In-ActionEvaluate the existing system and evaluate potential future conditions
Conclusions
• Stream flow is the result of the water delivery network
• Design scenarios developed– within existing river management– with minor adjustments– rethink some policies
• Rio Grande Restoration Committee
Acknowledgments• Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy
(SCERP) • Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ)• Center for Environmental Resource Management (CERM)• Junta Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento Juarez• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)• International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE) Department• Congressman Silvestre Reyes• Peter Brock, Rio Grande Watershed Federal Coordinating Committee• El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU)• El Paso Health Foundation• The City of El Paso• The City of Sunland Park• Dr. Jorge A. Salas-Plata• Dr. Rene Franco Barreno