SAVE THE DATE: World Water Expert Discusses Global Freshwater Challenge

Water is used everywhere, from producing electricity to helping plants grow. But did you know that the average American lifestyle requires nearly 2,000 gallons of water per day—twice the global average?

Sandra Postel, director of The Global Water Policy Project and a widely recognized expert on world water systems and policy, will speak about this and other water issues in her lecture “The Global Freshwater Challenge: New Solutions for a Thirsty World,” at Utah State University Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Agricultural Sciences building, Room 101.

Postel’s lecture is open to the public and hosted by USU’s College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences as part of the university’s Year of Water, a celebration highlighting water-issues and water research, including the local and international impact of water research and teaching at USU.

More information about Postel and the lecture will be included in next week’s Utah State Today.

More information about water research at USU can be found online. More information about The Global Water Policy Project can also be found online.

Writer: Shelby Ruud shelby.ruud@usu.edu

Contacts: Lynnette Harris lynnette.harris@usu.edu, 435-797-2189; Kelly Kopp kelly.kopp@usu.edu