FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 3, 2018

 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to support member society National Ground Water Association’s Groundwater Week (December 3-6, 2018) with a new online resource pulling together AGI water science resources.

 

The new web page – Let’s Talk About Water – discusses the importance of groundwater science and highlights AGI water science resources dealing with education, workforce, policy, scholarly information issues, and more.

 

“Often we seek out the life-sustaining natural resource of water without much thought,” says AGI Executive Director Allyson Anderson Book. “But we consume water without worries only until a crisis threatens the availability of water or its safety. That’s where geoscientists come in.”

 

Groundwater Week sheds light on one of the world’s most important resources: groundwater. Groundwater is essential to the health and well-being of humanity and the environment, according to the National Ground Water Association.

 

Learn more about Groundwater Week online.

 

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit federation of 52 scientific and professional associations that represents more than a quarter-million geoscientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides geoscientists with access to scholarly information, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and health of the environment.

 

AGI is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to serving the geoscience community and addressing the needs of society. AGI headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.

 

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AGI Contact: 

Joseph Lilek

571.483.5445

 

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