Pathogens & Human Health: Project Team
Pathogen Program: Researchers and Project Advisory Teams
Pathogen Program Issue Area
Team
Shari Barash, USEPA
Bart Bibler, Ferrate Treatment Technologies, LLC
Barbara Biggs, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver
Gail Boyd, Independent Consultant
Michael Casteel, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Christobel Ferguson, Ecowise Environmental
Tom Granato, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Jim Hodges, Watercare Services Limited
Paul Keohan, Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Norman LeBlanc, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Keith Linn, Independent
Karen Pallansch, Alexandria Sanitation Authority
Geeta Rijal, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Peter Tennant, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
PATH1PR06: Epidemiologic
Study of Recreational Use of the Chicago Area Waterways
Research Team
PI: Samuel Dorevitch, University of Illinois at Chicago
WERF Peer Review Team
Michael Beach, Centers for Disease Control
Alan Hubbard, University of CA, Berkeley
Cecil Lue-Hing, Cecil Lue-Hing and Associates, Inc.
Charles McGee, Orange County Sanitation District
Kurt Patrizi, WESTAT
Stephen Schaub, USEPA
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
Tim Wade, USEPA
Sponsoring Agency Representatives on the PEER
Review
Tom Granato, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Geeta Rijal, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
PATH2R08: Quantification of
Pathogens and Sources of Microbial Indicators for QMRA in Recreational
Waters
Research Team
PI: Stefan Wuertz, University of California, Davis
Co- PI: Woutrina Miller, University of California, Davis
Subcontractor: Dustin Bambic, AMEC Earth & Environmental
Subcontractor: Graham McBride, National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
WERF Project Review Team
Shari Barash, USEPA
Gail Boyd, Independent Consultant
Christobel Ferguson, Ecowise Environmental
Keith Linn, Independent
Adam W. Olivieri, Eisenberg, Olivieri, and Associates (EOA), Inc.
Kevin Parker, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Charles McGee, Orange County Sanitation District
John Ravenscroft, Jr., USEPA
Geeta Rijal, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
PATH3C09: Determining the
Relationship of Microbial Pollution and Associated Health Risks at
Freshwater and Saltwater Beaches of Florida
Coop Partners
Florida Stormwater Association Educational Foundation
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Research Team
PI: Valerie J. (Jody) Harwood, University of South Florida
WERF Representatives on Joint Project Review Team
Bart Bibler, Ferrate Treatment Technologies, LLC
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
PATH4W09: Expert Scientific
Workshop on Critical Research and Science Needs for the Development of
Recreational Water Quality Criteria for Inland Waters (project
completed, report available)
Workshop Planning Team
Nick Ashbolt, USEPA
Shari Barash, USEPA
Barbara Biggs, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver
Michael J. Casteel, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Samuel Dorevitch, University of Illinois at Chicago
Christobel Ferguson, Ecowise Environmental, Australia
Roger Fujioka, University of Hawaii
Charles McGee, Orange County Sanitation District
Geeta Rijal, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Peter Tennant, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
Richard Whitman, USGS
PATH5R09: Measuring water
ingestion during water recreation
Research Team
PI: Samuel Dorevitch, University of Illinois at Chicago
Co-PI: An Li, University of Illinois at Chicago
WERF Project Review Team
Alfred Dufour, USEPA
Keith Linn, Independent
Geeta Rijal, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
PATH6R09: Concentration
Dynamics of Fecal Indicators in Hawaiian Coastal and Inland Sand, Soil,
and Water during Rainfall Events
Research Team
PI: Tao Yan, University of Hawaii at Manoa
WERF Project Review Team
Gail Boyd, Independent Consultant
Robin Oshiro, USEPA
John Ravenscroft, Jr., USEPA
Ken Tenno, City and County of Honolulu
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico
PATH7R09: Comparative
Evaluation of Methods for Indicator Bacteria for use in Inland
Recreational Waters
Research Team
PI: Julie Kinzelman, City of Racine
Subcontractor: Rebecca Bushon, USGS
Subcontractor: Samuel Dorevitch, University of Illinois at Chicago
Subcontractor: Rachel Noble, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
WERF Project Review Team
Shari Barash , USEPA
Norman LeBlanc, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Geeta Rijal, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
John Ravenscroft, USEPA
Gary Toranzos, University of Puerto Rico