[미국] 아메리칸 워터, 식수안전 연구에 참여

아메리칸 워터(American Water)는 지난 5월 13일 물기술부서 Orren Schneider 박사가 대통령 과학기술정책 자문위원회(PCAST)의 새 연구에 합류하게 됐다고 발표했다. 이 연구는 미국 내 식수 안전을 보장하기 위한 활동을 알리기 위한 것으로, 지난 18일 워싱턴 D.C.에서 워크숍이 개최됐다.

Schneider 박사는 연방기관의 전문가들과 함께 △원수부터 수도꼭지까지 물속의 오염물질이 검사·모니터링되는 방법 △관련 위험이 평가되는 방법 △오염물질·위험·해결책 등에 대한 정보가 공무원 및 대중에게 전달되는 방법 등을 폭넓게 연구할 예정이다.

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American Water to participate in drinking water safety study

American Water (NYSE: AWK), the nation's largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, today announced Dr. Orren Schneider, manager of Water Technology, will participate in the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Policy’s (PCAST) new study to help inform action to ensure safe drinking water in the U.S. This invitation-only workshop will take place on May 18 in Washington, D.C.

Schneider will join other experts as well as Federal agencies to look at how contaminants in water are detected and monitored from source to tap, how the associated risks are assessed and remediated, and how information about contaminant concentrations, risks, and remedies is communicated to officials and the public. In addition to identifying current best practices in these areas and the potential for propagating such practices more widely, PCAST will consider what lines of research and development hold promise for improving relevant capabilities and practices going forward.

After the study, PCAST will recommend to the President actions the Federal government can take, in concert with cities and states, to promote application of the best available science and technology to drinking-water safety, now and in the future.

The results of the study will help inform future action to ensure that all Americans have affordable access to high-quality water when and where they need it.

PCAST is an advisory group of the Nation’s leading scientists and engineers, appointed by the President to augment the science and technology advice available to him from inside the White House and from Cabinet departments and other Federal agencies.

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 5월 13일]