CONFERENCE - January 23, 2001 - Baltimore, Maryland
WATER: AN ENDANGERED NECESSITY? Sponsored by
The Center for a Livable Future and
The Center for Water and Health
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Description A conference on the management and distribution of water resources worldwide. As water is a renewable resource, the issues lie in the protection of resources and proper allocation of water access for all people. Speakers of diverse perspectives will discuss these issues and how they directly affect both human health and the health of the environment. Agenda MORNING PROGRAM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
MANAGING OUR WATER: QUANTITY AND QUALITY
DANIEL A. OKUN, ScD
Kenan Professor of Environmental Engineering Emeritus,
Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering
School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PART I: USE AND ABUSE OF WATER M. GORDON WOLMAN, PhD, Moderator
Director and Professor, Division of Environmental Health Engineering
Johns Hopkins Shool of Hygiene and Public Health
Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Johns Hopkins University WATERSHEDS: ABUSE OF LAND = ABUSE OF WATER
MICHAEL HIRSHFIELD, PhD
Vice President, Resource Protection
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING WATERBORNE PATHOGENS:
THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH
KELLOGG J. SCHWAB, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Engineering
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health THE REGULATION OF CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS
STEPHEN W. CLARK
Technical Advisor, Office of Ground and Drinking Water,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lunch : Brief Overviews
CENTER FOR A LIVABLE FUTURE
Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Director
CENTER FOR WATER AND HEALTH
Joseph G. Jacangelo, PhD, Director
WHY WATER FOR PSR?
Robert K. Musil, PhD, Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
PART II. ACCESS TO WATER: A RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE ROBERT S. LAWRENCE, MD, Moderator
Edyth Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine;
Associate Dean for Professional Education Programs;
Director, Center for a Livable Future
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health THE GLOBAL WATER CONTRACT: THE RIGHT TO LIFE FOR ALL
RICCARDO PETRELLA, PhD,
Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Advisor, European Commission, Brussels URBAN WATER SUPPLY: A COMMODITY WITH A DIFFERENCE
JOHN J. BOLAND, PhD,
Professor, Environmental Economics and Policy
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Johns Hopkins University THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS:
LIVING WITHOUT WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
CHARLES CLEMENTS, MD, MPH
Director, Border WaterWorks, New Mexico
Past President, Physicians for Human Rights | 
