Contact
New Mexico Water Data InitiativeNM Bureau of Geology/ NM Tech
newmexicowaterdata@nmt.edu
Travel Information
Flights- Nearest airport is 75 miles north of Socorro in Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
- Attendees’ best option is to rent car from airport for most flexibility.
- Flights in on May 3 and departures on May 5 are likely best.
- If you have any questions please contact: Stacy.Timmons@nmt.edu or Rachel.Hobbs@nmt.edu
Hotels
- Rooms are available at reduced rates at the Holiday Inn Express and Comfort Inn and Suites in Socorro, NM for the nights of May 3-4
- Holiday Inn Express: 1040 N California St, Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (575) 838-4600
- Best Western: 1100 N California St, Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (575) 838-0556
- Call to get a reduced rate, mention event group name "Water Data Initiative"
- About 1 mile walk to Conference Venue at Macey Center, NMT
- http://www.socorronm.org/lodging/
Transportation to/from Workshop
- Optional NMT van from hotels to Conference Venue regularly from 7:45am to 8:45am
- Optional NMT van from Conference Venue to hotels from 5pm to 5:30pm
Weather
- Weather in May can be warm (80s-90s) in the day, occasionally windy. Nights are very comfortable in the 60s-70s.
Socorro, New Mexico
- https://www.socorronm.org/
- Socorro is a small town with a handful of restaurants and convenience stores nearby the hotel
- There is no public transportation, but we are happy to coordinate with you to get you where you need to go.
- Other hotels in town include the Comfort Inn and Suites.
2023 New Mexico Water Data Workshop
Please join us for the 2023 annual Water Data workshop hosted by the New Mexico Water Data Initiative (WDI). This one-day event is free to attend. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Our goals are to build engagement around topics in water data for New Mexico, and support data literacy at all levels.
- Attendees can bring a laptop or tablet to participate in data demonstrations.
- Breakfast and coffee will be served at 8:30
- After registration, your confirmation email may go to spam. Please check your spam folder.
Draft Agenda
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8:30 am – 9 am |
Check-in, coffee and continental breakfast |
Upper Lobby |
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9 am – 9:30 am |
Welcome to the NM Water Data Workshop |
Auditorium |
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9:30 am – 10:30 am |
Panel: Updates from Water Data Act directing agencies - progress and challenges from OSE, ISC, NMED, EMNRD and NMBGMR |
Auditorium |
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10:30 am – 11 am |
Networking break and coffee |
Upper Lobby |
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11 am – 12 pm |
Keynote presentation by Eldrena Douma: The Water Walker |
Auditorium |
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12 pm – 1 pm |
Lunch – eat indoors or outdoors! |
Upper lobby |
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1 pm – 4:10 pm |
Concurrent sessions (see below) |
Auditorium & Galena |
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4:10 pm – 5 pm |
Networking break and social hour |
Upper Lobby |
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TRACK 1 |
Session Chair: Amy Galanter |
Location: Galena Room |
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Presenter(s) |
Title / Topic |
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1:00 |
Emily Read, USGS |
USGS Water Data for the Nation: How We Work |
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1:20 |
Maurice Hall, EDF |
OpenET: Field scale ET for Water Resilience in the US West |
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1:40 |
Austin Hanson, Consultant to NM WRRI; Mark Sheely, NM WRRI |
Using Data Visualizations of the NM Dynamic Statewide Water Budget Tool to Address Community Water Issues |
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2:00 |
Lucas Barrett, US Bureau of Reclamation |
Rio Grande and Pecos River Water Operations Dashboard |
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2:20 |
20 minute break |
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2:40 |
Faith Sternlieb, Internet of Water |
Update on the Internet of Water Coalition and Core Technology |
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3:10 |
Adel Abdallah, Western States Water Council |
Demo: The Western States Water Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT) |
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3:40 |
Clara Cogswell, CUAHSI |
CUAHSI Data Infrastructure and Sharing Across the Data Lifecycle |
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TRACK 2 |
Session Chair: Emily Geery |
Location: Auditorium |
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Presenter(s) |
Title / Topic |
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1:00 |
Harriet Cole |
Data and Water, Facts and Stories |
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1:20 |
Sara Goldstein, ISC |
The DRAFT 50-Year Water Plan |
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1:40 |
Robert Gomez, EMNRD |
Communicating Climate Science, the New Mexico Climate Risk Tool and Future Data Need |
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2:00 |
Katie Zemlick, OSE |
Water models and data needs at OSE |
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2:20 |
20 minute break |
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2:40 |
Cris Morton and Rachel Hobbs, NMBGMR |
Using the NMWDI data catalog; what it CKAN and can't do |
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3:10 |
Jake Ross, NMBGMR |
NMWDI - The modern data sharing infrastructure |
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3:40 |
Candice Hopkins, USGS |
How to access USGS water data |