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About Us
The complexity of emerging contaminants research requires a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to provide the level of understanding needed to make informed management decisions. Scientists and stakeholders in the Central Rocky Mountain region have decided to be proactive with regard to the issue of emerging contaminants in the region’s environment. The consortium provides a forum to share ideas, resources, and expertise and creates a focal point for financial support and data interpretation that results in more comprehensive and cost effective EC studies. The consortium also provides a place to discuss study results and work together to communicate those results to policy makers and the general public in a way that will facilitate understanding without unwarranted alarm.
Consortium Mission Statement
To take advantage of the unique resources of the Central Rocky Mountain region to achieve the following objectives: facilitate scientifically sound studies regarding the occurrence, fate, transport, and effects of emerging contaminants; interpret and communicate the results of local and national studies on emerging contaminants for stakeholders and the general public; identify critical EC-related research needs; and provide solutions that are transferable worldwide.
Consortium Key Goals
- Advance the current state of knowledge of occurrence, fate, transport and ecological relevance of emerging contaminants by facilitating cooperative, multi-institution, interdisciplinary research and monitoring projects
- Foster interdisciplinary research and collaboration and effectively integrate the application of limited resources.
- Link consortium researchers with field sites, pilot facilities, and laboratory resources available at Federal, State, and academic institutions and water, wastewater, public health, and agricultural agencies.
- Share information on current and proposed research among scientists, regulators, and regulated parties in an open and unbiased way.
- Coordinate and sponsor the acquisition of funding and infrastructure to conduct EC research at laboratory and field scales in watersheds that are representative of the region and the entire United States.
- Investigate options for removal of ECs from the environment by treatment or source control.
- Advance knowledge concerning the ability to reuse waters that contain ECs.
- Synthesize and communicate the results of current and future EC research to regulators, policy makers, treatment plant operators, other scientists, and the public.
- Provide practical solutions to EC-related problems.
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