MDBP Rules Revision and Water Storage Tank Ecosystems Webinar
About the Webinar
Watch the webinar (February 28, 2023)
Presentation 1: Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) Rules Revision Update
This presentation provides an overview of the regulatory process, summary of public engagements, topics under consideration, and the timeline with next steps regarding the potential regulatory revisions of eight National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) included in five MDBP rules following the third Six-Year Review.
Presentation 2: Challenges and Perspectives of Studying Water Storage Tank Ecosystems in Distribution Systems
Water storage tanks are vulnerable to contamination, and excess water retention time may cause depletion of disinfectant residual which creates an environment favorable for microbial contamination. This presentation evaluates the use of a field-based sampling and a pilot-scale experimental approach to understand the ecosystem of water storage tanks. An integrative approach was utilized to characterize the storage tank ecosystem and microbiome.
About the Presenters
Presenter 1: Kenneth Rotert
Ken is a physical scientist with the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, where he has worked on the development and review of drinking water regulations since 1998. He has bachelor’s degrees in biology and chemistry, and a master’s degree in environmental engineering.
Presenter 2: Vicente Gomez-Alvarez
Vicente Gomez-Alvarez is a microbiologist at U.S. EPA-Cincinnati in the Water Systems Division with 20 years of experience in planning and executing a diverse and intensive research project to study the microbiome in built and natural environments. His research focuses on microbial ecology, including the application of genomic technologies and the use of computational and bioinformatics workflow platforms for the characterization of microbial communities. He has led research projects on technological solutions for economic and environmental sustainability. Vicente has a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a B.S. in industrial microbiology and an M.S. in biology from the University of Puerto Rico.