Robert Glennon Lecture
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Is water waste sucking our country dry?
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Dr. Robert Glennon, author of the 2009 book, "Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It," presents a lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Knutson Center Centrum. Dr. Glennon will speak about the use of our groundwater and aquifers and what we should consider when evaluating our water woes in the Red River Valley. There will be a book signing immediately following the lecture.
This event is open to the public free of charge, and all faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend. The lecture is sponsored by the Concordia Sustainability Task Force, the Concordia College Bush Foundation grant, The Red River Basin Commission, and the Concordia biology department.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Robert Glennon is the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, where he teaches constitutional law, American legal history, and water law. A recipient of two National Science Foundation grants, he serves as Water Policy Advisor to Pima County, Ariz., as a member of American Rivers’ Science and Technical Advisory Committee, and as a commentator and analyst for various television and radio programs.
Glennon’s best-known publication is “Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters” (Island Press, 2002). His new book, “Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It,” was published in April 2009.
Dr. Gerald Van Amburg
vanambur@cord.edu
(218) 299-3794
