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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water and Public Health: Broadening the Dialogue
An inter-disciplinary workshop was held in July 2013 to enhance communication and dialogue about the potential health risks of CECs in drinking water and facilitate collaboration among water utilities, public health agencies, researchers, and other organizations. This workshop led to cross-disciplinary interaction and information exchange among the diverse group of attendees. Workshop participants recognized the value of future collaborations between water quality and public health groups. They identified common ground between different organizations and discussed next steps to maintain dialogue and collaboration moving forward.
The proposed presentation would summarize the workshop proceedings, discussion topics, and key recommendations to foster communication and collaboration on CECs in water and public health. Some examples of the types of recommendations to be presented include cross-discipline participation and outreach, interagency collaborations, online resources and networking, local resources and networking, and focus groups and pilot studies.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informaticsEnvironmental health sciences
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Describe and discuss key recommendations to foster communication and collaboration among public health professionals and water utilties on the issue of contaminants of emerging concern in water and public health
Keyword(s): Water & Health, Partnerships
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: For the past 12 years, I have served as project manager for multiple research projects on drinking water quality, many of them on contaminants of emerging concern. The Water Research Foundation is a non-profit organization funded primarily by water utilities and dedicated to advancing the science of water. I routinely work with these utilities to help them research and communicate about contaminants in water. I managed the project that produced the recommendations to be presented.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.