AWWA SOURCE Magazine: Does Regulating PFAS Represent a Meaningful Opportunity for Health Risk Reduction in Drinking Water?
Council member Chad Seidel’s research was featured in the Winter 2022 issue of American Water Works Association’s Source Magazine. Chad, along with his co-authors Katherine Alfredo and Amlan Ghosh, recently released a peer-reviewed analysis that sets a new...AWWA Water Science: Does regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances represent a meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction?
By: Chad Seidel, Katherine Alfredo, Amlan Ghosh US Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water contaminant regulations must meet a qualitative “meaningful opportunity” threshold in health risk reduction. Using our Relative Health Indicator (RHI) metric, we quantify the ranges of potential health risk reductions that could be achieved from state and federal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances regulatory levels (proposed or finalized) and compare them with previous regulatory determinations of other contaminants to create a quantifiable, comparable scale of “meaningful opportunity” justifications.
California Drinking Water Needs Assessment 2021-22
The Human Right to Water “HR2W” guides the California Water Board’s mission of functioning and sustainable drinking water systems. To develop the first Statewide Drinking Water Needs Assessment, Council member Chad Seidel and his colleagues worked alongside other water professionals to evaluate the current challenges facing safe and affordable water supply in California.
Journal UW Tacoma: Perfluorinated Compounds in the Surface Waters of Puget Sound, Washington and Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds, British Columbia
By Mary Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio, Shristi S. Prakash, and Joel E. Baker. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the occurrence of these contaminants within the surface waters of the Pacific Northwest region and through relative concentrations and ratios, to assess their possible sources.
Mary Joyce Dinglasan-Panlilio, Shristi S. Prakash and Joel E. Baker. “Perfluorinated Compounds in the Surface Waters of Puget Sound, Washington and Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds, British Columbia” Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol. 78 Iss. 1-2 (2014) p. 173 – 180
Journal AWWA: Considering Risks When Managing Legionella Growth in Plumbing
By Joseph Cotruvo, John Fawell: By understanding conditions in their customers’ plumbing systems, water utilities can select primary and supplemental treatment approaches to reduce public health concerns related to regrowth of Legionella.
Cotruvo JA and J Fawell. Considering Risks When Managing Legionella Growth in Plumbing. J Am Waterworks Assoc. 113(3), 44-51. April, 2021.