Elia Tapia Villaseñor

Elia Tapia Villaseñor

• 0115216624123987
• emtapia@email.arizona.edu
• Universidad de Sonora

Fields of Work

• Climate Change
• Ground Water
• Institutions and Administrative Systems
• Surface Water
• Transboundary Issues

Regions of Expertise

• Arizona/Sonora region
• Colorado River
• Colorado River - Lower Basin (CA,NV,AZ)
• Colorado River Delta

I am particularly interested in groundwater assessment and management in transboundary settings and research using remote sensing and GIS tools, along with effective stakeholder engagement methodology.  My greatest goal is to elaborate water resource management studies for the arid lands in northern Sonora and Southern, Arizona.

Most Relevant Publications

Impacts of Variable Climate and Effluent Flows on the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer (2020)

Binational Study of the Transboundary San Pedro Aquifer (2016)

Findings and lessons learned from assessment of the Mexico-United States transboundary San Pedro and Santa Cruz aquifers: The utility of social science in applied hydro-logic research (2018)

Working Groups