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The Water Quality Research Foundation (WQRF), formerly the Water Quality Research Council (WQRC), was formed in 1952 to serve on behalf of the Water Quality Association (WQA) as a universally recognized, independent research organization.
WQRF's Vision is water quality improvement through relevant research and Mission is advancing knowledge and the science of high quality, sustainable water. Since inception, WQRF has funded numerous data collection projects and research studies which have generated essential information on water quality for the industry, policy-makers and general public. |
Join the Leadership CircleBe a champion of science and leader of the industry by joining the WQRF Leadership Circle!
Contact Foundation@wqrf.org to learn how. |
WQRF Education at the WQA Convention & Exposition (July 28-30, 2021)
Livestream Session Thursday, July 29th 9:30-10:20am
Title: Communicating Sensitive Data in Your Sales Process Using the WQRF Contaminant Occurrence Map
Speakers: Dr. Kelly Reynolds, Jennifer Smith, CWS, and Kim Redden, MWS, MPH
Description: The WQRF Contaminant Occurrence Map makes millions of data points accessible to the public, but how can and should the industry be leveraging this data? Learn from a risk communication expert Kelly Reynolds, PhD on the do’s and don’ts for gaining public trust and how to apply this Map in your sales practices from sales consultant, Jennifer Smith, CWS.
Title: Communicating Sensitive Data in Your Sales Process Using the WQRF Contaminant Occurrence Map
Speakers: Dr. Kelly Reynolds, Jennifer Smith, CWS, and Kim Redden, MWS, MPH
Description: The WQRF Contaminant Occurrence Map makes millions of data points accessible to the public, but how can and should the industry be leveraging this data? Learn from a risk communication expert Kelly Reynolds, PhD on the do’s and don’ts for gaining public trust and how to apply this Map in your sales practices from sales consultant, Jennifer Smith, CWS.
On demand sessions
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Title: Sustainability Comparison Study: Centralized vs POU/POE Treatment for Small System Compliance to the SDWA
Speakers: Kaycie Lane, PhD and Emily Kumpel, PhD Description: For small community systems, there may be a point at which installing point-of use or point-of-entry (POU/POE) devices at individual households or buildings is a more feasible option than centralized treatment. The goal of the research is to evaluate tradeoffs between investments in centralized systems as compared to POU/POE systems through actual case studies. |
Title: Emerging Contaminant Removal and Microbial Growth in Membrane Filtration and Activated Carbon Point-of-Use Systems
Speaker: George Zhou, PhD Description: This project is investigating removal efficiencies of Point-of-Use RO and Activated Carbon for emerging contaminants: PFOS, PFBS, PFHxS, manganese, uranium, and Legionella. Additionally, the research will determine water quality conditions that would give the highest removal efficiency and lowest microbial growth potential. |
Title: Emerging Contaminants Phase 1: A Study of Consumer Awareness and Concern
Speaker: Marcia Silva, PhD, MBA Description: This session will provide the purpose and approach to a comprehensive online consumer survey of 2,400 households to address our two research questions: 1) Whether consumers are aware of emerging contaminants in drinking water and which ones? and 2) How information dissemination on drinking water treatment could influence consumers (households) decision-making on treating their water? |
Learn more and register for the WQA Convention & Exposition at wqa.org/convention.
Contaminant Occurrence Map
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National Data Collection and Contaminant Occurrence Map
The new Contaminant Occurrence Map displays data in the United States for 57 drinking water primary and secondary contaminants. The data was collected directly from the States, UCMR4, and SDWIS. The project resulted in 10 years of data and over 59 million data points. |
Recent Studies
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