The Water Center Seminar Series on
Global Water and Health
Winter 2007
The
Water Center is pleased to present a Global Water and Health
Seminar Series.
Multidisciplinary global water topics will include: water supply, water
quality, treatment, sanitation and hygiene, environmental health, public
policy, behavioral change, institutional issues, and economics, as well
as corporate, governmental, and nonprofit responses to these issues of
tremendous need and importance.
The
Water Center provides links with many research projects and capabilities
both within and outside the university.
All interested students are encouraged to register for the seminar cross-listed under ESRM 429, CFR 529, FISH 429/529, PbAf 599E, CEE 599E, and CEE 498, Section-O. The seminar is open to the public and all those interested are invited to attend.
- Jan 9 Rural Andean Bolivia: Needs and Potential Solutions Susan Bolton Professor, College of Forest Resources
- Jan 16 Event rescheduled to Jan. 23rd
- Jan 23 Safe, Sustainable Water Supplies: The First Step to Ending Extreme Poverty Marla Smith-Nilson Water 1st International
- Jan 30 Drug Resistance in Environments Associated with Aquaculture Marilyn Roberts Professor, Pathobiology and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- Feb 6 Rights-based Approaches to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programming Anne Sheeran Ph.D., M.R.P., Independent Consultant
- Feb 13 The Safe Water Initiative: Household Water Treatment as Part of the Solution to Water Borne Disease—Strategies, Contexts, and Implications Glenn Austin Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Feb 20 Water and the Ecology of Disease: Examples from Ghana and Africa Jonathan Mayer Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, and Geography
- Feb 27 Water Supplies in Developing Countries: The West Africa Water Initiative as an Example W. Braimah Apambire Senior Advisor, Water and Sanitation, World Vision
- Mar 6 Improving Small-Scale Water Catchments for Pastoralist Communities in the Liban Zone of Ethiopia Ken Ludwa P.E., Water Resources Engineer, Engineers Without Borders - Puget Sound Professional Partners