Water-Focused Research Projects

water ripples in a pool Drinking water contaminants have been a central focus of our research since the lab's founding in 1992. Our research has focused on linking analytical transport and fate models with spatial techniques and remote sensing to predict potential exposure for epidemiological investigations of cancer, birth defects, neurobehavioral and other disorders. These projects have ranged from estimating exposure to disinfection by-products in municipal water supplies to contamination of water supplies surrounding super fund sites such as the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

Selected Historic and Current Projects:

Using GIS for Exposure Assessment of Disinfection By-Products in the Six State National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Linking Geographic Water Utility Data with Study Participant Residences from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (AWWARF, CDC)

A Geographic Information System (GIS)-Based Method for Estimating Nitrate in Drinking Water (NIH/NCI)

Summit County Water Quality: Septic Systems and Potential Nitrate Pollution Analysis (Summit County Environmental Health Department)

Spatial and statistical analysis, integrated research on hazardous chemical waste mixtures in the upper Arkansas River drainage (NIH/NIEHS)

Evaluation of priority health conditions in communities surrounding the Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Reproductive, Neurobehavioral and Other Disorders (HHS/ATSDR)

A GIS Model for Segregating Populations Served by Public Water Supplies (NIH/NCI)