GH41B:
Safe Drinking Water Starts at the Source: Challenges in Source Water Protection Posters


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Session ID#: 63199

Session Description:
Source water protection is the focused effort of protecting the quality and quantity of surface and groundwater that may serve as sources of drinking water, thereby protecting public health. Contamination of source waters can challenge the ability of drinking water utilities to provide safe drinking water. For example, contaminants may not be efficiently removed by conventional treatment technologies, may present a challenge for corrosion control, or may interact with treatment processes to cause the development of harmful disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Additionally, many of these contaminants have diffuse sources, making their management difficult. The goal of this session is to bring together researchers who focus on the sources, transport, and watershed controls of contaminants, and drinking water practitioners, who are responding to these challenges, to identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for collaborative development of solutions.
Primary Convener:  Kara Goodwin, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Sherri Comerford, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kara Goodwin, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Kara Goodwin, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States and Sherri Comerford, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kara Goodwin, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Washington, DC, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1831 Groundwater quality [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]
1884 Water supply [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Modelling the climate resilience of water infrastructure for improved health outcomes (424919)
Fiona Johnson1, Danlu Guo2, Alfred Boniphace3, Fatuma Matwewe3, Emmanuel Mrimi3, Jacqueline Thomas4 and Dickson Wilson Lwetoijera3, (1)University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (2)University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Parkville, VIC, Australia, (3)Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, (4)University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Science-Driven Protection of Source Water Quality and Ecosystem Integrity in the Delaware River Basin (455813)
Marie J Kurz1, Scott Haag2, Stefanie Alexa Kroll2, Carol Collier3 and Roland Wall2, (1)Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Philadelphia, United States, (2)Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (3)Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Long-term monitoring of groundwater quality during in-situ artificial heating and natural cooling in the Arakawa Lowland near the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan (437502)
Takeshi Saito1, Takato Takemura2, Per Moldrup3, Ken Kawamoto1 and Toshiko Komatsu1, (1)Saitama University, Saitama, Japan, (2)Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Water Quality Assesment and Hydrochemical Characteristics of Peripheral Springs to the Geothermal Zone of Los Humeros, Puebla, Mexico. (462151)
Ruth Alfaro-Cuevas1, Raul Cortes-Martinez1, Pedro Alfaro1, Jorge A. Avila-Olivera1 and Thomas Kretzschmar2, (1)Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico, (2)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Geología, Ensenada, Mexico

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