T298 Hydrogeology, Hydrology, and Related Societal and Environmental Issues in the Upper Santa Cruz River Basin, Arizona and Sonora: Challenges and Opportunities for Understanding and Managing a Stream-Aquifer System Subject to Climate Change and Differing Binational Priorities

Wednesday, 25 September 2019
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 104AB, West Building

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE UPPER SANTA CRUZ BASIN, SOUTHERN ARIZONA; ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR MODELING THE BASIN HYDROGEOLOGY
  William R. Page, Denver, CO and Margaret Berry, Denver, CO and Christopher Menges, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Mark W. Bultman, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Tucson, AZ and Floyd Gray, GMEG, Tucson, AZ and Kenzie Turner, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and D. Van Sistine, Denver, CO
  334350 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  STRUCTURAL DIPS OF INTERFACES INFERRED FROM POTENTIAL FIELD DATA
  Mark Gettings, USGS, Tucson, AZ and Mark W. Bultman, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Tucson, AZ
  339335 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  INTEGRATING GEOLOGIC, GEOPHYSICAL, AND HYDROGEOLOGIC DATA TO EXPLAIN A HIGH HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY MOUNTAIN FRONT RECHARGE ZONE IN THE UPPER SANTA CRUZ BASIN, SOUTHERN ARIZONA
  Mark W. Bultman, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Tucson, AZ and William R. Page, Denver, CO and Christopher Menges, Tucson, AZ and Margaret Berry, Denver, CO
  339654 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  BASELINE CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF HYDROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA
  James Callegary, Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ and Floyd Gray, GMEG, Tucson, AZ and Laura Norman, Western Geographic Science Center, Tucson, AZ and Christopher Eastoe, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  341128 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  EVALUATING SOURCES OF WATER CONTRIBUTING TO PERENNIAL WETLANDS USING RADIOGENIC SR AND U ISOTOPES, POTRERO CREEK, NOGALES, AZ, USA
  James B. Paces, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Floyd Gray, GMEG, Tucson, AZ and Olga E. Hart, Phoenix, AZ and William R. Page, Denver, CO
  335643 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  ESTIMATING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES IN ARIZONA'S UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER BASIN: THE ROLE OF CLIMATE MODEL DOWNSCALING
  Eve Halper, Phoenix Area Office, Glendale, AZ and Eylon Shamir, San Diego, CA
  337835 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  IMPACTS OF VARIABLE CLIMATE AND EFFLUENT FLOWS ON THE TRANSBOUNDARY SANTA CRUZ AQUIFER
  Elia María Tapia Villaseñor, Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ
  340428 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR EFFLUENT WATER USE IN THE AMBOS NOGALES REGION OF ARIZONA AND SONORA
  Jacob Petersen-Perlman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  336669 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  TENUOUS ECOLOGICAL PROGRESS HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR BINATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE SANTA CRUZ WATERSHED NEAR NOGALES
  Luke W Cole, Tucson, AZ and Amanda Smith, Tucson, AZ and Claire Zugmeyer, Tucson, AZ
  339285 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING FOR UPPER SANTA CRUZ WATERSHED BINATIONAL GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT
  Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  340764 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  LESSONS LEARNED FROM A QUARTER CENTURY OF GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE SANTA CRUZ ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA
  Keith Nelson, Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ
  332522 (Technical Sessions)