Author: Robert E. Mace
Robert Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography at Texas State University. Robert has over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, stakeholder processes, and water policy, mainly in Texas.
Before joining Texas State University in 2017, Robert worked at the Texas Water Development Board for 17 years ending his career as the Deputy Executive Administrator for the Water Science & Conservation Office. While at the Board, Robert worked on understanding groundwater and surface water resources in Texas; advancing water conservation and innovative water technologies such as desalination, aquifer storage and recovery, reuse, and rainwater harvesting; and protecting Texans from floods. Before joining the Texas Water Development Board, Robert worked at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin as a hydrologist and research scientist.
