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Dr. Rabia Chaudhry is the National Water Reuse Expert at the US EPA, where she provides technical leadership for the Water Reuse Team within the Office of Water. She is a licensed Professional Engineer with over a decade of experience in a range of domestic and international urban water infrastructure and policy issues. Her previous research work contributed to in-situ evidence for viral log removals in membrane-based advanced treatment technologies and quantitative microbial risk assessment for direct potable reuse. Before joining the EPA, she served as the Associate Director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation supporting water utility capital improvement and operations programs in Zambia, Cabo Verde, Jordan, and Timor Leste. Rabia received her bachelors in environmental engineering from MIT, and masters and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.
Dr. Megan Plumlee is the Director of Research and Development (R&D) for the Orange County Water District, where she oversees a team of scientists and engineers conducting applied research that supports the District’s core operational needs. The R&D Department collaborates with universities and topic experts to conduct water quality and operational studies including evaluation of promising new technologies to advance OCWD’s recycled water treatment and groundwater recharge operations. Dr. Plumlee also participates in scientific and project advisory committees to help guide external research efforts related to District activities. She has authored or co-authored 30 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals.
Dr. Eva Steinle-Darling directs Carollo Engineers’ Water Reuse Technical Practice. She earned her doctorate from Stanford University, where she studied the removal of CECs and PFAS in potable reuse applications. Her work with Carollo focuses on all aspects of water reuse, including research, planning, feasibility studies, and design. Eva has authored well over 100 publications on reuse-related topics and supported the development of sustainable regulatory approaches for potable reuse in a number of states, including Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, and Florida, as well as the World Health Organization.
Dr. David Hanigan has been an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno since the Fall of 2016. He has a BS and MS from the University of Missouri, Columbia and completed a PhD at Arizona State University in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2015. He is a registered professional engineer. Research that his team conducts focuses on water reuse and environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on reducing the environmental loading of anthropogenic chemicals. In his free time he enjoys mountain biking and backpacking.