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Agenda
The National Academies Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, J.D., Roundtable Chair, Partner, Hogan and Hartson
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8:40 a.m. Remarks and Charge to Participants
Mike Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA
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9:00 a.m. Workshop Objectives
Lynn Goldman, M.D., Roundtable Vice Chair, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
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Session I: Status of Science and Policies to Ensuring the Protection of Source Water and Drinking Water
Moderator: James Merchant, M.D., Dr.P.H., Dean, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
9:15 a.m. The Interface of Science and Policy: Are the Current Policies Able to Meet Current and Future Challenges
Frederick W. Pontius, P.E., Pontius Water Consultants, Inc.
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9:35 a.m. Audience Discussion
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9: 40 a.m. Are recent advances in science and technology able to meet the health challenges of providing safe drinking water?
Jeffery K. Griffiths, M.D. M.P.H.&T.M., Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine
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10:00 a.m. Audience Discussion
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10:10 a.m. Break
Session II Assessment and Management Practices: Impact on Health
Moderator: Christine Moe, Emory University
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10:30 a.m. Source Water Assessment at the State Level
Greg Rogers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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10:50 a.m. Audience Discussion
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10:55 a.m. Land Use Planning: a concern for source water protection?
Douglas L. Hall, Manager, Watershed Initiatives, Miami Conservancy District
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11:15 a.m. Audience Discussion
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11:20 a.m. Impact of Nonpoint Source Pollution on Water Quality and Human Health
Tom Christensen, Director, NRCS' Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Programs Division
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11:40 a.m. Audience Discussion
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11: 45 a.m. Nutrient Loading: critical link in the chain
Kenneth Reckhow, Ph.D., Director, Water Resources Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
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12:05 p.m. Audience Discussion
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12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
Session III Emerging Issues in Providing Safe Drinking Water
Moderator: Yank Coble, M.D., Immediate Past President, American Medical Association
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1:00 p.m. Status and Trends in Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Mercury in the U.S.
Mark Nilles, Program Manager, Office of Water Quality, USGS
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1:25 p.m. Non-Regulated Contaminates: Emerging Research
Christian Daughton, Ph.D., Chief, Environmental Chemistry Branch, National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA
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1:45 p.m. Audience Discussion
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1:50 p.m. Pathogens in Water: addressing a public health threat via potential synergism of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act
Joan Rose, Ph.D., Homer Nowlin Chair for Water Research, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
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2:10 p.m. Audience Discussion
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Special Address
2:15 p.m. Global Change: implications at the water-human health interface
Peter Gleick, Ph.D., President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment & Security
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2:45 p.m. Audience Discussion
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3:00 p.m. Break
Session IV: Charting a Course for the Future
3:15 p.m. Panel Discussion
Moderator: Richard Harris, National Public Radio
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The panelists will be invited to react to the earlier discussions and answer questions that layout the challenges to health:
Have we missed any of the new stressors at the interface of source water and drinking water?
How important are these stressors to human health?
If these stressors are important, where do we go from here?
Where are we in the process of meeting these challenges?
Is there a disconnect between the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act? If so, how will we balance recreation, ecological protection, and drinking water sources?
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James Crook, Ph.D., PE, Principal Water Reuse Consultant
Cynthia Dougherty, Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, EPA
Barker Hamill, Chief of the NJDEP Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Brian Ramaley, Director, Public Utilities, City of Newport News, VA
Kenneth Reckow, Director, Water Resources Research Institute, University of North Carolina
Paul Schwartz, National Policy Coordinator, Clean Water Action
Susan Seacrest, President, Groundwater Foundation
3:45 p.m.
General Discussion
4:30 p.m.
Final summation
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
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