Risk Perception: Alternative Sources for Drinking Water
October 10, 2003
University Club Library, UC Irvine
Over the past decade a number of alternative water projects have been undertaken to supply additional drinking water. Although technologically and environmentally sound, some of these projects have not been successful. California, with its rapidly growing population and its semi-arid climate, is exploring as many alternative water sources as possible. The innovative nature of water utilities in the state and in southern California has been a source of praise and alternatively, controversy, for years. The one area where uncertainty reigns, concerns how the public will react to a particular plan to use alternative water sources for drinking.
The seminar reviews the issues involved in the success or failure of alternative drinking water projects, the relative importance of health effects information on decision-making process, and the public's perception of health risks.
Speakers include:
- Robert C. Cooper, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Vice President of Biovir Laboratories, Inc. An Overview of Health Concerns: Past, Present and Future
- Carl F. Cranor, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, UC Riverside. Different Perspective on Risk Perception
- Virginia Grebbien, P. E., General Manager, Orange County Water District. Risk Perception: Alternative Sources of Drinking Water
- Robert H. Hultquist, P.E., Chief, Technical Operation Section, California Dept. of Health Services. California's Criteria for Groundwater Recharge with Reclaim Water
- John Ruetten, President, Resource Trends, Inc. Public Perception and the Value of Indirect Potable Reuse
- Patricia Tennyson, M.P.A., Vice President, Katz and Associates, Inc. Identifying Reuse Challenges
