Join us this Friday over your lunch hour or tea from the comfort of your home, as we listen to renowned speaker, author, and educator Dr. Keith Julian. A longtime Teeniors supporter with a passion for the environment, technology, and community-building, you can learn more about Keith and our topic below. We look forward to seeing you!
RSVP for zoom link: (505) 600-1297 | [email protected]
RSVP for zoom link: (505) 600-1297 | [email protected]
New Water for New Mexico
Learn about the most pressing problem facing New Mexico in the next decade: finding new water to replace our state's current 10% (and growing) annual water supply deficit.
Abstract
Water is Life / El Agua Es Vida! Unfortunately, New Mexico currently uses 10% more water than we have as a reliable supply, and the situation will only become worse in the future as historic drought and atmospheric warming mean even less water available in coming years. What can be done? It turns out that New Mexico has "hidden" water supplies that can be developed economically and with little environmental impact--but only if we begin to act soon to reverse these trends. Delay means severe economic decline and potential social disruption if we run out of water in the next decade or two. Keith Julian's presentation will explain these new water resources, how they can be developed, and how "new water for New Mexico" might be able to replace oil/gas extraction as the largest driver of New Mexico's future economy.
Bio: Keith Julian
Keith earned a BA degree in Regional Economics and Natural Sciences from Harvard University, then completed master’s and doctoral work in Earth and Environmental Science at the University of California--Los Angeles in 1976, writing his dissertation on “The Environmental Economics of Geothermal Energy Systems.” He subsequently taught at UCLA, the University of Missouri, and at the UC--Santa Barbara Graduate School of Environmental Science, specializing in resource development and environmental protection of water and energy resources.
In addition to co-authoring a best-selling textbook (Physical Geography Today), Keith has written more than 75 published scientific reports and technical papers. He spent 27 years in the private sector as an environmental and earth science consultant based in California, while working throughout the U.S. and in Africa, Central America, and Asia. He retired as Vice President of Woodward-Clyde Environmental Services in 1996 before moving to New Mexico, where he continued teaching as an Adjunct Instructor of Energy Resources at San Juan College’s School of Energy. He has been involved with the New Mexico Desalination Association since 2018, focusing on economic and environmental issues raised by use of brackish and produced waters and reuse of wastewater resources, as well as serving on NMDA’s Board of Directors from 2020-2025.
Learn about the most pressing problem facing New Mexico in the next decade: finding new water to replace our state's current 10% (and growing) annual water supply deficit.
Abstract
Water is Life / El Agua Es Vida! Unfortunately, New Mexico currently uses 10% more water than we have as a reliable supply, and the situation will only become worse in the future as historic drought and atmospheric warming mean even less water available in coming years. What can be done? It turns out that New Mexico has "hidden" water supplies that can be developed economically and with little environmental impact--but only if we begin to act soon to reverse these trends. Delay means severe economic decline and potential social disruption if we run out of water in the next decade or two. Keith Julian's presentation will explain these new water resources, how they can be developed, and how "new water for New Mexico" might be able to replace oil/gas extraction as the largest driver of New Mexico's future economy.
Bio: Keith Julian
Keith earned a BA degree in Regional Economics and Natural Sciences from Harvard University, then completed master’s and doctoral work in Earth and Environmental Science at the University of California--Los Angeles in 1976, writing his dissertation on “The Environmental Economics of Geothermal Energy Systems.” He subsequently taught at UCLA, the University of Missouri, and at the UC--Santa Barbara Graduate School of Environmental Science, specializing in resource development and environmental protection of water and energy resources.
In addition to co-authoring a best-selling textbook (Physical Geography Today), Keith has written more than 75 published scientific reports and technical papers. He spent 27 years in the private sector as an environmental and earth science consultant based in California, while working throughout the U.S. and in Africa, Central America, and Asia. He retired as Vice President of Woodward-Clyde Environmental Services in 1996 before moving to New Mexico, where he continued teaching as an Adjunct Instructor of Energy Resources at San Juan College’s School of Energy. He has been involved with the New Mexico Desalination Association since 2018, focusing on economic and environmental issues raised by use of brackish and produced waters and reuse of wastewater resources, as well as serving on NMDA’s Board of Directors from 2020-2025.