'Sustaining Aquifers through Stressful Times'

The City of Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science (MONAS) and Sigma Xi present “Science Café – Sustaining Aquifers through Stressful Times,” with guest speaker Frank A. Ward, Ph.D., at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in person at MONAS, 411 N. Main St. downtown.

The event is free and open to the public, the city said in a news release.

Ward will address the question of how water-scarce areas can reduce aquifer depletion while supporting the range of economically and institutionally important uses of groundwater, like agriculture, the city said.

Aquifers supply water to millions of farms, thousands of cities and billions of people worldwide, the news release said. Water use and economic activity in aquifer-dependent regions that include much of New Mexico can only be sustained if groundwater aquifers are stable.

Ward is distinguished achievement professor and western agricultural economics association fellow of water economics and policy in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business at New Mexico State University. His research and teaching emphasize management, conservation and economically efficient development and use of water resources and climate adaptation, with special emphasis on irrigated agriculture, the city said.

MONA is accessible from RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1, Stop 1.

For more information, contact Stephanie Hawkins at 575-532-3372 and shawkins@lascruces.gov.

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