2016 Groundwater Week Announces
Keynote Session Presenter
Peter G. McCornick, Ph.D., PE, D.WRE, an internationally
known expert in water, food, and environmental research, was
announced by NGWA and the Irrigation Association as the
keynote presenter for their colocated shows—Groundwater
Week and the Irrigation Show, December
6-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
McCornick, who was recently named
as the next executive director of the
Water for Food Institute at the University
of Nebraska, effective September 1,
is currently serving as the deputy director
general of research for the International
Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka, one of
the world's foremost institutions dedicated to improving man-
agement of water and land resources to ensure food security
and reduce poverty.
Dedicated to improving the understanding of sustainable
water resources management, McCornick has led research and
development programs on water, agriculture, and the environ-
ment in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.
His interest areas include water and food security, the
water/food/energy nexus, water reuse, irrigation management,
and water and climate adaptation. He has been published in
numerous peer-reviewed publications, and regularly presents
at major international events.
McCornick will present his keynote session from 9:30-
10:30 a.m. on December 7.
Promote 2016 Protect Your Ground-
water Day with Tools from NGWA
All water resource stakeholders and professionals are
encouraged to mark the 2016 edition of Protect Your Ground-
water Day (PYGWD), September 6, on your calendars so you
can promote it to the public.
Following are tools to promote
PYGWD. If you have a website,
use the links that follow to pro-
mote PYGWD and groundwater
protection. You also can push
these links out to the public on
your Facebook page and on Twitter. Borrow any of the copy
you want from the PYGWD webpage. Call your newspaper.
Ask for a news radio interview.
If you are a well owner, share this information with other
well owners who may benefit from it.
1. Protect Your Groundwater Day webpage:
www.ngwa.org/PYGWD
2. Groundwater and the earth's water resources:
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/pdf/earthwherewater.pdf
3. Access statistics on groundwater use in your state by
clicking on "Groundwater's Role in (Your State's)
Economic Vitality" from the following link:
www.ngwa.org/Member-Center/affiliate/Pages/
State-Associations%27-contact-information.aspx
The LOG
waterwelljournal.com
16 August 2016 WWJ
