UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Joan Rose, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, will present “At the Intersection of Science and Technology Addressing Water Quality and Health” on April 28 as part of the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science Distinguished Speaker Series. Her seminar will focus on waterborne diseases and the development of new technologies to help combat them.

As the human population grows, changes in land use have heavily impacted natural resources like soil and water. Water contamination by nutrients from wastewater including fecal matter and fertilizer runoff is creating pressing health concerns domestically and internationally. Rose will be discussing new technological advances that have allowed for improved watershed and wastewater monitoring and gather important data to help better understand how we should be managing our wastewater. According to Rose, “We must remove 99.9% to 99.99% of pathogens in wastewater prior to discharge to maintain low risk and enhance safety of water to support ecosystem services" — she will elaborate on how we can accomplish this throughout her talk. 

The talk will be held Thursday, April 28, at noon, in room 102 of the Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Building. Click here to pre-register for this in-person event.

Details on the complete event series can be found here. Attendees requiring accommodations or those with questions may email safes@psu.edu.