2007 New England Private Well Symposium
Co-Sponsors
Planning Committee
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The 2007 New England Private Well Water Symposium was held December 3 & 4, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Rhode Island. One hundred and twenty-three people attended the program representing a diverse audience of Federal, state, and local agency and organization staff, university researchers, Extension faculty and staff, graduate students, private non-profit organizations, and private sector professionals. The majority of participants came from the New England states. In addition, professionals attended from across the nation, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, California, Ohio, Alaska, and Texas.
Symposium Themes included presentations and posters on:
Land Use and Groundwater, Public Health, Well Water Treatment, Legal and Regulatory Issues, Education and Risk Communication & Naturally Occurring Contaminants
Co-Sponsors
The New England Region Water Program
The New England Private Well Initiative
University of Massachusetts Extension, Barnstable County Cooperative Extension
University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USDA Healthy Homes
Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
David Chase, Radon Control Program, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Dr. Stewart Chute, State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health
Marie Evans Esten, URI Cooperative Extension
Eric Frohmberg, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Kira Jacobs, Source Water Protection Team Leader, US Environmental Protection Agency – New England
Ted Lavery, Drinking Water Source Protection, US Environmental Protection Agency – New England
Marilyn Lopes, Extension Educator, University of Massachusetts, Cape Cod Extension
Alyson McCann, Water Quality Program Coordinator, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
Alison Milliman, University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
Julia Peterson, Extension Specialist, University of New Hampshire
Nancy Serrell, Associate Director for Outreach, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Dartmouth College
Kathleen Stanley, Executive Director, Water Systems Council
Laura Wilson, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
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Alyson McCann
URI Cooperative Extension, Water Quality Program Coordinator
Coordinator, New England Private Well Initiative
Email: alyson@uri.edu
Phone: (401) 874-5398
