Results from Environmental Health Summit: The Safe Water from Every Tap

By Alexis Carpenter

AxNano was invited to participate in the 2015 Environmental Health Summit: The Safe Water from Every Tap workshop organized by the Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative. The summit convened more than 100 participants from county health departments, state and federal governments, universities, industries, and non-profit organizations. The focus of this environmental health summit was to develop actionable strategies to assure safe drinking water for all North Carolina residents. Through this two-day workshop, participants were divided into four work group to determine methods for improving drinking water quality for NC residents that are reliant on private wells and other sources not regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. AxNano/TGP participated in the User Friendly Technology work group, and presented on our efforts in developing low-cost, easy to use, and effective technologies for contaminated water.

The result of the summit is a Recommendation Document that industry, educational institutions and governmental leaders can take to ensure safe drinking water for all North Carolina residents.

Here is a link to the Recommendation Document that was a result of the summit:
http://environmentalhealthcollaborative.org/images/RTEHC_2015_Summit_Recommendations-FINAL.pdf

​An editorial was published in the N&O June 21, 2016 based on the Water Conference that AxNano/TGP was invited to and presented in the User Friendly Technology working group.
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article85089167.html