Emerging Technology Symposium tackles water quality, efficiency issues
In the wake of headlines about the water crisis in Flint, Mich. — as well as the nation’s continuing need to use water more efficiently — the fifth International Emerging Technology Symposium drew more than 120 attendees from the plumbing industry, water utilities and academia May 10-11 to Rosemont, Ill. Debated during the event was the impact of water conservation on water quality.
“With high-profile issues such as the Flint lead crisis and the increase in reported legionellosis events, industry experts are placing a higher degree of focus on the unintended consequences of water and energy conservation,” IAPMO Group CEO Russ Chaney said. “The water and energy conservation communities have seen the technological advancements being made in our industry over each two-year period of this symposium, dating back to the first International Emerging Technology Symposium conducted in 2008. These advancements have presented society with safer and more reliable water supplies, and sanitation protocols are being presented in a safe and sustainable manner.”