Water Policy Expert Manny Teodoro Joins the Water & Health Advisory Council
Water Policy Expert Manny Teodoro Joins the Water & Health Advisory Council August 3, 2022 (Washington D.C.) – The Water and Health Advisory Council (or Council) today announced that water utility management, policy, and finance expert Manny...
KUNC: Wildfires Have Lasting Effects on Drinking Water
In a new KUNC and The Colorado Sound article, Council member Chad Seidel discusses how wildfires have lasting effects on drinking supply even after they’re put out. The fires have lingered throughout the town’s water, leaving a smoky taste and...
Video: Prioritizing Risks in Drinking Water
With limited government resources, regulators at every level are pressed to make difficult decisions about drinking water investments that impact public health. Learn from water utility and risk expert Chad Seidel as he introduces the concept of...
Water Finance & Management: What Our Nation’s Drinking Water Systems Need Now
Council member Chad Seidel discusses how science-based cost and risk analysis can be used to allocate government funds and resources to the most pressing threats to our nation's water systems. Read the full op-ed here. Commentary: What Our Nation’s...
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...
Circle of Blue: The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water
Council member Chad Seidel sat down with Circle of Blue to discuss the nitrate issues impacting our nation's drinking water supply: “If we were addressing nitrate with the fervor we’re currently addressing PFAS, we would have solved the problem a...
PBS NewsHour: Tipping Point: River on the Brink
Council member Kathryn Sorensen had the opportunity to participate in a PBS NewsHour Special and talk with host Miles O'Brien about the Colorado River Basin and the efforts being made to conserve water in the surrounding communities. Watch...
LA Times: California, Arizona and Nevada in talks on new plan to save Colorado River water
Water levels in the western states are at a record low, and states must now make tough decisions to preserve their water supplies. In a recent article featured in the Los Angeles Times, Council member Kathryn Sorensen shared her insights on...
Guardian: Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west
The drought in the western regions of the U.S. is putting pressure on our nation’s natural water supply and infrastructure.
In a recent article featured in The Guardian, Council member Kathryn Sorensen offers her insights into the state of water today in places like the Hoover Dam. Read her thoughtful comments on what the water scarcity in the West means for our natural systems and resources in the future.
Guardian: The US city that proves replacing lead water lines needn’t be a pipe dream
State and federal legislators and water suppliers have the responsibility to ensure that every American has access to clean water, and that includes investing in aging infrastructure. The non-compliance with the 30-year old Lead and Copper regulation in Flint and Newark were the result of lack of corrosion control on old lead service lines and galvanized plumbing. But water is not the only source of lead exposure.
As Council member Joe Cotruvo notes in the Guardian’s recent article, the CDC believes that the most significant lead exposure risks for children are from old lead paint and leaded dust in homes. Lead can release slowly from painted woodwork, and serious exposures have been noted in gentrified areas when renovations have occurred without proper precautions.