Rio Grande at Risk: The Fluvial Consequences of a Massive Wall and Buoy Border Security System

Mark Tompkins
Tuesday 21 April 330-500pm
Room 315A Bauer Wurster Hall

As part of the agenda to block migration across the US-Mexico border, US Border Patrol has been
rapidly building segments of wall along the left bank of the Rio Grande, and now installing buoys
down the center of the channel. On behalf of the Rio Grande International Study Center, Dr Mark
Tompkins (FlowWest) conducted an analysis of the potential impacts of these structures on flow
patterns and flood impacts.

See story in BorderReport