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Join Jason Casuga and Lorna Wiggins for a discussion of how the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) makes every drop of water count as it provides irrigation to about 60,000 acres along the Rio Grande River in central New Mexico. Learn how the MRGCD has the ability to store supplemental water when regulatory conditions allow. The presenters discuss how substantial reliance on naturally occurring river flows, combined with the natural variability of the climate and potential for increased variability due to hydrologic changes, makes the MRGCD vulnerable to water shortages under drought conditions.
Jason Casuga is the chief engineer and CEO for MRGCD. As a professional engineer, Jason has spent the last 12 years working within the Middle Rio Grande Valley. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from NMSU. Lorna Wiggins is with the law firm Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, PC. Wiggins started practicing law in New Mexico in 1983 after completing a judicial clerkship. She specializes in the areas of labor and employment law and is chair of the Oasis Albuquerque Board of Directors.