“Water for the People”

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
PROGRAM #10463 12:00 PM PT

“Water for the People.”

Renowned scholars on the culture of water and the Rio Grande communities discuss their book “Water for the People,” a collection of essays by world-renowned acequia experts and community leaders. The essays focus on the acequia use and history in places like New Mexico, Chile, Spain, the Middle East and the Philippines. How are modern acequias doing in times of drought and climate change? How sustainable is the acequia agricultural system? What can other communities learn from the acequia tradition in order to save and restore other endangered waterways? What if the acequia irrigation model is replicated in other farming areas?

Guests: Enrique Lamadrid, Professor Emeritus, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of New Mexico-UNM, Albuquerque, NM; José A. Rivera, Research Scholar, Center for Regional Studies and Professor of Community and Regional Planning, The University of New Mexico-UNM, Albuquerque, NM; Laura Ramos, Interim Director, California Water Institute, California State University at Fresno-CSUF, Fresno, CA.

Photo: Courtesy of UNM Press

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