Published Water Resources Professional Projects

List of Published Projects (selected):

Russell, M., A. Webster, C. Abadam, K. Fisher, S. Campbell, C. Atchley, K. Radius, P. Eisenman, A. Apodaca-Sparks, A. Gonzaga, R. Lui, P. Hudson, and A. Mulchandani. 2025. Influence of particulate matter air quality on water quality of atmospheric water harvesting. Water Research 286: 124213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124213

Hasenbeck, E.C., C.E. Scruggs, M. Morgan, J. Wang, A.J. Webster, and C.M. Gomez. 2025. Perspectives on Innovative Approaches in Agriculture to Managing Water Scarcity in the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Agriculture 15:793, https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15070793

Porter, A., R.P. Berrens, and J. Fleck, 2023. New Mexico's Greenbelt Law: Disincentivizing Water Conservation Through Agricultural Tax Breaks. Natural Resources Journal 63.

Ball, G., P. Regier, R. González-Pinzón, J. Reale, and D. Van Horn, 2021. Wildfires Increasingly Impact Western US Fluvial Networks. Nature Communications 12:2484.

Distler, L.N., C.E. Scruggs, M.P. Cruz, and K.N. Rumsey. 2021. Public engagement on water reuse beyond community surveys.  Journal of the American Water Works Association 113:56-68.

Cruz, M.P., C.E. Scruggs, and L.N. Distler. 2020. Mapping potable reuse survey data using spatial statistics to inform tailored education and outreach. AWWA Water Science, DOI: 10.1002/aws2.1197

Distler, L.N. and C.E. Scruggs, 2020a. Survey Data on Perceptions of Water Scarcity and Potable Reuse from Water Utility Customers in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Data in Brief 29:105289.

Distler, L.N. and C.E. Scruggs, 2020b. Arid Inland Community Survey on Water Knowledge, Trust, and Potable Reuse. I: Description of Findings. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 146:04020045.

Scruggs, C.E., C.B. Pratesi, and J.R. Fleck, 2020. Direct Potable Water Reuse in Five Arid Inland Communities: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Public Acceptance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 63:1470–1500.

Summers, B.M., D.J. Van Horn, R. González-Pinzón, R.J. Bixby, M.R. Grace, L.R. Sherson, L.J. Crossey, M.C. Stone, R.R. Parmenter, T.S. Compton, and C.N. Dahm, 2020. Long-Term Data Reveal Highly-Variable Metabolism and Transitions in Trophic Status in a Montane Stream. Freshwater Science 39:241–255.

Rahman, A., E. El Hayek, J.M. Blake, R.J. Bixby, A.-M. Ali, M. Spilde, A.A. Otieno, K. Miltenberger, C. Ridgeway, K. Artyushkova, V. Atudorei, and J.M. Cerrato, 2018. Metal Reactivity in Laboratory Burned Wood from a Watershed Affected by Wildfires. Environmental Science & Technology 52:8115–8123.

Herman, J.G., C.E. Scruggs, and B.M. Thomson, 2017. The Costs of Direct and Indirect Potable Water Reuse in a Medium-Sized Arid Inland Community. Journal of Water Process Engineering 19:239–247.