Disinfection and Public Health Community
The goals of the community are to grow and assist the Federation, both domestic and international, in the educational aspects of these disinfection and public health issues.
Disinfection & Public Health Community members serve as WEF’s technical resource for all topics related to disinfection including, but not limited to:
- New approaches to disinfection, optimization of proven methods, and the use of existing technologies for new applications;
- Disinfection regulations, standards, and permit compliance;
- Disinfection byproducts and other challenges
- The design, operation, and maintenance of disinfection systems
- Wet weather and reclaimed water disinfection;
- Proper handling and environmental safety of disinfectants
- Community sanitation and clean drinking water efforts
Products
Volunteers share their knowledge of these and other topics by:
- Developing workshops and moderating technical sessions each year at WEFTEC;
- Sponsoring a biannual disinfection specialty conference;
- Authoring articles for WEF's technical journals;
- Participating in the development of educational materials such as books, webcasts, distance learning courses and more;
- Providing comments to WEF Government Affairs on Federation Position Statements and U.S. government regulations and policies.
Meetings
The Disinfection & Public Health Community meets at committee-associated conferences and each year at WEFTEC. Most committee business, however, is conducted via teleconference or email.
Chair
Brian Hilts, 2023 - 2025
Tel: 518-782-4500
Email: hiltsba@cdmsmith.com
Vice Chair
Jenny Reina, 2023 - 2025
Tel: 510-634-2001
Email: jenny.reina@jacobs.com
Staff Liaison
Anna Mehrotra
Email: amehrotra@wef.org
Disinfection Focus Groups
Conferences and Events
Stan Shmia - Chair
Stanley.Shmia@denora.com
Michael Watts - Co-chair
mjwatts@garverusa.com
Jenny Reina - Co-chair
Jenny.Reina@jacobs.com
Communications
Brian Hilts - Chair
HiltsBA@cdmsmith.com
Philip Block - Co-chair
philip.block@peroxychem.com
Bob English - Co-chair
bob.english@palintestusa.com
Membership
Stan Shmia - Chair
Stanley.Shmia@denora.com
Maria Claudia Reed - Co-chair
mreed@brwncald.com
Todd Archer - Co-chair
archer.todd@gmail.com
Microconstituents
Jenny Reina - Chair
Jenny.Reina@jacobs.com
Gary Hunter - Co-chair
huntergl@bv.com
Pathogen Standards
Raul Gonzalez - Chair
rgonzalez@hrsd.com
Akin Babatola
ababatola@cityofsantacruz.com
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH)
Christine Yi - Chair
cyi@hazenandsawyer.com
Keerthi Palanisamy - Co-chair
palanika@mail.uc.edu
Maria Claudia Reed - Co-chair
mreed@brwncald.com
Pathogens and Indicators (formerly Waterborne Infectious Disease Outbreak Control (WIDOC))
Rasha Maal-Bared - Chair
maalbaredr@cdmsmith.com
Webcasts
Josh Goldman-Torres - Chair
goldmanje@cdmsmith.com
Workshops
Leonard Casson - Chair
casson@pitt.edu
Ajit Ghorpade - Co-chair
ajit.ghorpade@veolia.com
Keerthi Palanisamy - Co-chair
palanika@mail.uc.edu
Steering
DPHC Leadership
Nominations
DPHC Leadership
Related Areas
Latest News
2018 Disinfection Survey
The 2018 WEF Disinfection Survey Results report presents current practices and historical trends. 158 WRRFs participated in the survey.
The related report, Current and Historical Wastewater Disinfection Practices: A WEF Survey was presented at WEFTEC 2019.
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