A Conference Hosted by the Berkeley Water Center

September 3, 2015
Dean, College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley (UCB)
9:00-9:15
Opening remarks
Dean Emeritus
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley

Director, NCRWSTG (China CDC)
9:15-9:30
A brief introduction to the National Center for Rural Water and Supply Technical Guidance (NCRWSTG) and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
Director
NCRWSTG (China CDC)

PhD/MPH Candidate, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, School of Public Health (UCB)
9:30-10:00
Household water treatment in China: Results from our collaborative research project
Joint Ph.D./MPH Recipient
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Professor, Energy Resources Group; Co-director, the Berkeley Water Center (UCB)
10:00-10:30
Treated wastewater in Chengdu: An economic option for peri-urban irrigation?
Professor
Energy Resources Group

10:30-10:45
COFFEE BREAK

National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance (China CDC)
10:45-11:15
The NCRWSTG’s current projects and research interests
China CDC

Center for Chinese Studies; Geography
11:15-12:00
Panel Discussion and Q & A: Water and Health in China
China CDC

12:00-1:30
LUNCH BREAK

Professor, School of Public Health (UCB)
1:30-2:00
Cluster randomized trials in the study of waterborne diseases
Professor
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Epidemiologist, School of Public Health (UCB)
2:00-2:30
Matched cohort designs to study urban water infrastructure improvements
Epidemiologist
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering (UCB)
2:30-3:00
Intermittent water supply: Current understanding and knowledge gaps
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Susan Amrose Project Scientist, LBNL
3:00-3:30
Robust and low-cost arsenic remediation in groundwater used for drinking
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

3:00-3:45
COFFEE BREAK

Professor, School of Public Health (UCB)
3:45-4:15
Measuring the health impacts of household air pollution in China
Professor
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Professor, School of Public Health (UCB)
4:15-4:45
Schistosomiasis transmission in irrigated agriculture in China: From control to termination
Professor
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering (UCB)
4:45-5:15
Paying or not paying for safe water? Insights from arsenic-affected communities in India
PhD Candidate
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Co-director, the Berkeley Water Center (UCB)
5:15-5:45
Health effects of potable water reuse
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

5:45-6:30
Reception

11:15-12:00
Director
NCRWSTG (China CDC)

10:45-11:15
China CDC

11:15-12:00
China CDC

11:15-12:00
China CDC