GGI presents The Groundwater/Energy/Food Nexus in the 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum

The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) held its Annual Forum in Atlanta in September 2011 and Jay Lazarus, GGI President/Sr. Geohydrologist was an invited speaker. The GGI/NMSU presentation on the Groundwater Energy Food Nexus was presented as an invited talk to the general session on the Water/Agriculture Nexus: Groundwater Quality and Quantity Issues Related to Agriculture.

The invited presentation, The Groundwater-Energy-Food Nexus discussed the complex nexus between and presented data showing how US farm production has increased due to technological advancements and that by designing high specific capacity irrigation and supply wells farmers and irrigators can run their irrigation wells and irrigation systems at lower costs and more efficiently.

Jay co-authored the invited talk on the Groundwater-Energy-Food nexus with Dr. Robert Hagevoort, NMSU Endowed Dairy Chair and Dairy Extension Specialist who wrote the food sections of the presentation.

Please click here to view the presentation: http://www.gwpc.org/meetings/forum/2011/Proceedings/pdf_presentations/12f_Lazarus_Jay.pdf

For more information, please contact me at lazarus@glorietageo.com or at 505 983 5446 Ext 111.

About GGI:

Founded in 1979 in Santa Fe, NM, GGI has been providing quality professional consulting services in groundwater development, water rights, geomorphology, dairy regulatory compliance and environmental sciences. GGI serves federal, state, and municipal entities, tribal governments, private corporations, and individuals. We pride ourselves in our ability to listen to our clients’ goals and help turn these goals into successes.

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