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Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Subcommittee

The BOSC Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (SSWR) Subcommittee reviews the SSWR strategic action plan, which outlines the research being done to support innovative scientific and technological solutions that ensure adequate supplies of clean water to protect people’s health and livelihood, to protect and restore watersheds and aquatic ecosystems, and to strengthen our economy.

  • Learn more about the SSWR Research Program
  • View the FY19-22 SSWR Strategic Research Action Plan

Subcommittee Members

Chair

Joseph Rodricks, PhD, DABT
Principal
Ramball Environ

Vice Chair

Members

Scott Ahlstrom, PE, PMP
Vice President of Operations
Corix Utilities Texas

Shahid Chaudhry, MSc
Senior Mechanical Engineer and Water-Energy Nexus Specialist
California Energy Commission

Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology

Lucinda Johnson, PhD
Associate Institute Director
Natural Resources Research Institute

Michelle Lorah, PhD
Research Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
MD-DE-DC Water Science Center

Tim Verslycke, PhD
Principal
Gradient

Stephen Weisberg, PhD
Executive Director
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority

Jerad Bales, PhD, MS
Executive Director
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)

Steve Carr, PhD
Research Scientist
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

David Cole, MS
Water Quality Specialist
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Joel Ducoste, PhD, BCEEM
Professor of Environmental Engineering
North Carolina State University

Fred Hitzhusen, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Resource Economics
The Ohio State University, retired

Kate Lajtha, PhD
Professor
Oregon State University, Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences

John Lowenthal, MS, PWS, PWD
Senior Biologist
Cardno

John White, PhD
Professor
Louisiana State University

Designated Federal Official (DFO)

Tom Tracy (tracy.tom@epa.gov)
Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement
Office of Research and Development
U.S. EPA

 

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