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Drinking Water & Human Health
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Overview
The Southwest States and Pacific Islands Regional Water Quality Coordination Program (also known as the Region 9 Water Program) serves a region of remarkable geographic, social, and economic diversity. Residents in Region 9 receive their water from a variety of sources, including public water systems, private wells, and rainwater harvesting. In each part of the region, households have a strong need for information about drinking water supplies.
Objectives
- Rural water treatment plant operators will obtain information needed to improve skills.
- Domestic well owners will be able to determine the chemical and microbiological quality of their water supply and select appropriate treatment options.
- Domestic well owners will understand important aspects of installation and maintenance of treatment devices.
- Homeowners utilizing rainwater collection systems will understand best designs for collection systems, contaminant detection, and decontamination methods for collected drinking water.
Highlight
Rainwater Catchment Safety
Campaign in the Pacific.
Palau Community College publishes a rainwater catchment guide adapted from a successful University of Hawaii publication. Extension Specialist Trish Macomber from the University of Hawaii launches a catchment safety series of workshops in the Pacific Islands.
February 2006
Projects
Arsenic in Churchill County, Nevada Domestic Water Supplies
Award/Source: $372,500 (36 MOs)/Integrated Research, Education, & Extension
Investigator: Mark Walker
[mwalker@equinox.unr.edu], University
of Nevada, Reno
Water Quality Interpreter: An Interactive Web Site
Award/Source:
Investigator: Mark Walker
[mwalker@equinox.unr.edu],
University of Nevada, Reno; R. Moore
Project Description: PDF
Private Well Owner Education
Award/Source:
Investigator: Kitt Farrell-Poe
[kittfp@ag.arizon.edu],
University of Arizona in Yuma
Project Description: PDF
Water Quality Survey on the Navajo Nation
Award/Source: $45,214 CSREES Southwest States & Pacific Islands Water Quality Program
Investigator: Marnie Carroll
[mkcarroll@dinecollege.edu],
Diné College; Mark Walker
[mwalker@equinox.unr.edu],
University of Nevada, Reno
Project Description: PDF
Shock Chlorination: Use of Chlorine Test Strips as Indicators of Completed Purging
Award/Source:
Investigator: Mark Walker
[mwalker@equinox.unr.edu],
University of Nevada, Reno; Ralph Seiler, USGS
Project Description: PDF
Detection of Leptospira in Water
Award/Source:
Investigator: Mark Walker
[mwalker@equinox.unr.edu],
University of Nevada, Reno; Carl Evensen
[evensen@hawaii.edu], University of Hawaii
Project Description: PDF
Onsite Wastewater Education Program
Investigator: Kitt Farrell-Poe [kittfp@ag.arizon.edu], University of Arizona in Yuma
Project Description: PDF
Septic System Installation Comic Book
Investigators: Kitt Farrell-Poe
[kittfp@ag.arizon.edu], University of Arizona in Yuma;
Craig Runyan
[crunyan@nmsu.edu] and Adrian Hanson
[athanson@nmsu.edu], New Mexico State University; Bruce Lesikar
[b-lesikar@tamu.edu], Texas A&M University
Project Description: PDF
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