Desalination and Water Security at the U.S. Mexico Border- Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

 Around the globe, desalination initiatives are underway with little attention to institutional, social, and other non-technical aspects of these infrastructure projects. Water managers, NGOs, and other stakeholders in the Arizona-Sonora border region need to be aware of the potential benefits and challenges of supplying major Southwestern cities with desalted water produced in Mexico in order to plan more effectively.