On February 8, 2022, three faculty members who have received one of the University of Michigan’s top honors will talk about their career work.

In her presentation, Nancy Love focused on her career-long emphasis on the effectiveness and limitations of water treatment approaches used to provide high-quality drinking water and sanitation services in both the United States and in urban settings in low-income countries.

Nancy Love, PhD, will open with a discussion of the known and unknown science around water quality issues after the extended COVID-19 shutdown in schools and childcare facilities around the country. She will present her work in environmental surveillance of L. pneumophila, highlighting risk management strategies to provide safe public water supplies. Dr. Love will also discuss point-of-use (PoU) treatment devices at the tap including faucet-mounted activated carbon block (ACB)-PoU filters and their effectiveness at reducing lead and copper, select organics such as disinfection byproducts, PFAS, and chlorine or chloramine disinfection residuals. She will highlight the potential for significant microbial growth on these devices and strategies that can be used to enhance filter performance and water quality.

Throughout the University of Michigan-Dearborn strategic planning process thought leaders in the industry will share key insights and trends related to higher education with the campus community.

In a virtual session on Thursday, April 30, 2020, Nancy G. Love, Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor, department of civil and environmental engineering, University of Michigan, shared her insights on the challenges facing urban water systems and what we can do to solve them.

During this webinar Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou discussed the scientific and historical basis behind gaps in the federal Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). Elin Betanzo gave an overview of how Michigan state recently revised their LCR to overcome several of the weaknesses in the federal rule. She also highlighed the science behind sources of lead contamination in drinking water and explained how the new provisions of the Michigan LCR will reduce harmful exposure. Dr. Nancy Love discussed her research of how microbial opportunistic pathogens colonize ACB-PoU filters designed for household use. She gave some background and then highlighted the known and unknown science around water quality issues that may occur through use of these devices. Dr. Love also talked about strategies that can be used to enhance ACB-PoU performance and water quality.