Water & HealthCommunity of Practice (CP)

GEO User Interface WorkgroupOttawa, Canada

September 7, 2006

Gary Foley, USA

Objectives of the CP

To improve and maintain

• the health and well-being of the population with regard to surface water-transported microbial and chemical contaminants

• the quality of the surface water sources of drinking water

• the quality of inland recreational waters

Water & Health CP

The PublicPublic Officials

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006Theme: Water Quality & Human Health• 1:15 pm -- Panel on Human Health and GEO

Water Community of Practice, John Lyon, Chair · Dr. Gary Foley, EPA/NCER – INVITED 6/22/06 · Dr. Rochelle Araujo, Laboratory Director,

National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, USEPA, RTP, NC roundtable – “Water Quality & Human Health” – INVITED 5/3/06

· TBD, Office of Water, USEPA, Washington, DC · Mary Gant, NIEHS-NIH, “GEOSS & Human

Health” – confirmed · Thomas Karl, NOAA’s National Climatic Data

Center, geoss and nidis – confirmed