Two alumni of the Iowa State economics department will be on campus Monday to address ways to improve water quality and environmental health. 

The discussion will take place at 7 p.m. in the sun room of the Memorial Union and will be free to attend. 

James Shortle, distinguished professor of agricultural and environmental economics at Pennsylvania State University, and Sandy Hoffman, senior economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, will lead the discussion. 

John Miranowski, professor emeritus of economics at Iowa State, will moderate the discussion.

According to the Iowa State events website, one of the questions that will be addressed is what incentives, disincentives or environmental markets would encourage practices that reduce nutrient runoff and nonpoint source pollution and environmental health? Another is which strategies would maximize net benefits?

The event is part of the yearlong Economics Forum.