Arturo Palomino

Arturo Palomino was an intern with the Water Program, based in Davis, Calif.

At SEI, he worked on the Bolivia WATCH program, supporting a preliminary assessment of groundwater systems in watersheds under consideration for future lithium development. His work examined groundwater processes, management challenges, and uncertainties relevant to both resource development and ecosystem protection, while engaging with broader questions of water governance, Indigenous and community water uses, and the socio-environmental implications of lithium extraction in arid, high-altitude basins.