The Texas Alliance for Water Conservation Water College told EverythingLubbock.com that a possible shortage of water irrigation could come across the South Plains and is now asking local residents to start conserving water.
“Farming is a huge part to the West Texas economy,” Texas Water College Communication Director Samantha Borgstedd said. “It brings in lots of jobs and irrigation brings in a lot of jobs to the economy as well. So it’s really really important that we have an agriculture component to this area .”
For the past three years, the Texas Water College has held an annual meeting discussing new research, technology, and trends with local experts and agriculture community. This year’s meeting will be held at the Memorial Civic Center on January 18 starting at about 9 a.m.
Borgstedd said there they will be discussing the possible water irrigation shortage issue along with other water management resources.
“What we try to do is take our research, relay it to the producer, and crop consultants, anybody in the agriculture industry that has a concern or has a use for the new irrigation technologies that are available,” Borgstedd said. “Then to help take that home use it on their own farms and be successful both in conserving water and having great yields and still being profitable doing all that at once.”
TAWC said their main goal is to help farmers be conservative while remaining profitable.
