Sham Will Head AWWA Source Water Protection Committee
Watertown, Mass., June 8, 2007— Chi Ho Sham, Ph.D., a vice president of The Cadmus Group, Inc., has been named chair of the Source Water Protection Committee of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). His 3-year-term begins later this month. The appointment was made by the trustees of AWWA’s Water Resources and Water Quality & Technology Divisions, to which the committee reports.
Dr. Sham is a nationally recognized expert in source water protection and head of Cadmus’ Drinking Water and Water Quality Group. A long-time member of AWWA and of the committee, Dr. Sham has served as the committee’s vice chair.
“I will be working with a group of dedicated professionals to advance source water protection policy and science to safeguard our drinking water,” said Dr. Sham. “The committee has a lot to do in the coming years to promote source water protection. Making source water protection an integral part of our nation’s drinking water protection strategy will only be possible by getting water systems and federal, state, and local governments to collaborate.”
The technical committee, to be led by Dr. Sham, will address source water protection issues on behalf of AWWA. The Source Water Protection Committee has recently worked on an AWWA policy statement on whether drinking water reservoirs should be opened to body-contact recreational uses such as swimming. And it has worked on and will continue to work on a guidance to help water utilities work on source water protection efforts.
The committee participates in the development and implementation of a Source Water Protection Symposium in odd-numbered years. Dr. Sham chaired the 2005 symposium and was on the planning committee for the 2007 event, which was held in January.
For years Dr. Sham has supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its implementation of source water assessment and protection under the1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. For example, he has developed guidance documents, research strategies, and training materials. He also has supported Connecticut, Vermont, and Hawaii in their source water protection efforts. On behalf of AWWA, Dr. Sham serves as a trainer at source water protection workshops. He also speaks at numerous workshops and makes presentations to the planning committees of numerous technical conferences.
AWWA is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to improving water quality and supply. Founded in 1881, it is the world’s largest organization of water supply professionals. The more than 60,000 AWWA members represent the full spectrum of the water community: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers, academicians, regulators, and others interested in water supply and public health. AWWA’s membership includes more than 4,700 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America.
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