Protecting Public Health Webinar

Addressing Legionella in Water Distribution Systems and Customer Buildings: Learning from the Grand Rapids, MN Outbreak

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and protect your community! Experts will discuss key risk factors, mitigation strategies, and best practices to safeguard public health.

Join us for a comprehensive look at Legionella management in U.S. water systems. These webinars will explore the broader challenges of Legionella control, including the need for collaboration among utility managers, regulators, and building owners—especially in undisinfected groundwater systems. Additionally, we’ll dive into practical guidance for evaluating and implementing Legionella monitoring programs, highlighting a real-world case where rapid utility monitoring delivered actionable results within a month. Don't miss these valuable insights to strengthen water safety and public health protection.

Speakers

Chad Seidel, Ph.D., P.E., President, Corona Environmental Consulting

Dr. Seidel is President of Corona Environmental Consulting and a Research Affiliate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He focuses on improving public health protection by solving water-related engineering, science, and policy challenges. His nearly 25 years of consulting experience in the drinking water community have focused on water treatment, including microbial pathogens and disinfection byproduct minimization, groundwater and inorganic contaminant treatment, corrosion control, and regulatory and policy research.

 Christian Mathews, Ph.D., Corona Environmental Consulting

Christian Mathews is a Drinking Water Process Engineer at Corona Environmental Consulting, with 8 years of experience in Legionella testing and drinking water microbiology research. Christian is passionate about drinking water microbiology research and has developed Legionella monitoring and mitigation plans for multiple building owners and utilities across the US.

 Moderator

Carleigh Samson, Water Process Engineer, Corona Environmental Consulting/ Adjunct Professor, University of Rhode Island

Carleigh is a Water Process Engineer with Corona Environmental and has a Ph.D. from University of Colorado Boulder with a focus on drinking water treatment and statistical modeling. She has experience in the management and assessment of national drinking water quality data to understand impacts of regulatory changes and to inform regulatory development.

Since September 2023 Carleigh has been an adjunct professor at the University of Rhode Island where she taught in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.  Additionally, she is a member of AWWA’s Disinfection Committee and recently presented at ACE24 on Identifying At-Risk Communities for Lead Exposure and LCRR Cost Benefit Analysis.