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Kathryn L. "Kitt" Farrell-Poe

Water Quality Extension Specialist and Professor
Arizona Water Quality Coordinator
USDA-CSREES Region 9 Water Quality Coordinator
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department

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bullet Education
bullet Employment
bullet Professional Societies
bullet Honors
bullet Extension Activities
bullet Research Activities
bullet Selected Publications
bullet Teaching Activities
bulletCurriculum Vita [PDF]

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EDUCATION

bullet B.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Agricultural Engineering, 1979
bullet M.S. Purdue University, Agricultural Engineering, 1984
bullet Ph.D. Purdue University, Civil Engineering, 1990

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EMPLOYMENT

bullet 2005-Present, Specialist & Professor - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
bullet 1998-2005, Associate Professor - Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
bullet 1997-1998, Associate Professor - Agricultural Systems Technology and Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
bullet 1991-1997, Assistant Professor - Agricultural Systems Technology and Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
bullet 1989-1991, Extension Water Quality Specialist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
bullet 1986-1988, Graduate Research Assistant - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.


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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

bullet American Society of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineers (ASABE): Member
bullet Arizona Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (AzOWRA): Member, Board Member
bullet Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment (CIDWT): Member, Past Chair
bullet National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA): Member

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HONORS

bullet New Specialist Award - Utah Cooperative Extension Service, 1995
bullet Educational Aids Competition Award for Household Septic System Education tabletop booth display - American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2000

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

bullet Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal in Arizona, 2002, [PDF]
bullet Microbial Risk Analysis of Iceberg Lettuce Due to Manure Application, Co-PI (with C.Y. Choi, C.P. Gerba, M.M. Karpiscak, and R.R. Mees), 2000
bullet Comparison of the Effectiveness of Drainfields and Seepage Pits for Treatment of Septic Tank Effluent in Arizona, Co-PI (with J.L. Walworth), 2000

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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

bullet Safe Drinking Water Education
bullet Nonpoint Source Pollution Education
bullet Groundwater Education
bullet Onsite Wastewater Education
bullet On-Farm Composting
bullet Youth Activity Pages
bullet Arizona Extension Water Quality home page

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

bullet Referred Journal Articles
bullet Fact Sheets

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TEACHING

bullet ABE 459/559 - Design of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal Systems
bullet ABE 496a - Senior Seminar for ABE majors

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Contact Dr. Kitt Farrell-Poe at: kittfp@ag.arizona.edu
Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Department

Mailing: 1177 E. 4th Street, PO Box 210038
Office: 504A Shantz
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0038
(520) 621-7221 Voice, (520) 621-3963 Fax


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