Water lecture to focus on rural private wells

University of Nebraska water lectures are slated to run through April.
University of Nebraska water lectures are slated to run through April.

Eight free public lectures on a varied slate of state and regional water issues will form the University of Nebraska's spring semester water seminar series.

The second lecture is the Williams Memorial Lecture and will take place from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Jan. 22 in the Hardin Hall auditorium. Steve Wilson, groundwater hydrologist; Center for Groundwater Science, Illinois State Water Survey at The Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present "Rural Private Wells: Concerns and Well Owner Responsibilities."

Cosponsoring the lectures with the Nebraska Water Center, part of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, is UNL's School of Natural Resources, which also offers the lecture series as a course for student credit.

The complete January through April schedule is posted online at watercenter.unl.edu. Individual lecture videos and speaker PowerPoint presentations will also be posted at that web address within a few days after the lecture.

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/jdax