David J. Van Horn, pictured, was one of the outstanding poster presenters at the 2nd Annual UNM Student Water Research Symposium. He and his co-researcher Lydia H. Zeglin presented on “Seasonal and Longitudinal Trends in Middle Rio Grande Water Quality.” The symposium was designed to show the breadth and scope of student research being done into water related issues in New Mexico and the Southwest.
Other outstanding poster presentation winners were Christian Gunning and Lynda Price for “Linear Modeling of the Response of Groundwater Level to River Stage in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, Water Year 2006” and Christian LeJeune and Isaiah Pedro for “Investigating Ground Water – Surface Water Interaction.”
Presentations at the conference included “A Water Leasing Framework for the Middle Rio Grande Focusing on Farming Choices” by Craig D. Broadbent, “An Evaluation of Constructed Wetlands in New Mexico” by Jennie Skancke, “Water Quality and Quantity in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico by Lydia H. Zeglin, “Degradation of Arsenic Bearing Solid Residuals in a Landfill Environment Due to Anaerobic Bacteria” by Sarah Tuite, and “Storm Water Best Management Practices and the Drop Flow Debris Filter” by Todd Marti.
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