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FROM : LRICFRISTINR FW NO. : 6505oag6se Jan. 20 2003 06:45PM Pe <br />0 <br />q B -13 <br />and the Draft Criteria have been updated several times with the most recent version <br />issued in April 2001. <br />Applied research of wastewater reuse by academic institutions. University of <br />California has prepared an umbrella research proposal entitled, "Strategies for Water <br />Reuse to California" and being submitted to the California State Water Resources Control <br />Board, California Department of Water Resources, and the US. Bureau of Reclamation. <br />This propusal will assess the broad scientific foundations of water recycling and reuse in <br />California and extend these foundations in several critical areas. The overall in= of <br />this program is to simultaneously ostablisb and improve the broad scientific <br />underpinnings of water reuse in the context of California's water Supply, wastewater, and <br />environmental problems as well as establish a firm presence of California -baud <br />University researchers in the water reuse field. This second objective should be of <br />longstanding value to California by providing a steady supply of advanced professionals <br />and a local venue for fundamental and applied research in this field. By having s range <br />of research conducted under a single program, greater collaboration and integration of <br />findings will occur among researchers, and a broader base for long -term University <br />involvoi ant in reuse roscarch, teaching, aid service will be established. <br />Epidemiological studies update to provide current assessment of the science <br />regarding public health and water reuse. A possibility of reconvening the California <br />potable Reusc Committee to look into the issues related to groundwater recharge with <br />reclaimed wastewater must be discussed. In addition, research study may investigate a <br />framework for decision- making in regulatory process related to ynoandwater recharge <br />with reclaimed wastewater. The n esearch may specifically focus on the rational basis for <br />evaluating chemical contaminants, especially the We of two contaminants during <br />groundwater recharge and their associated health risks. Specific objectives of this study <br />arc to: (1) establish the database for trace contaminants in water and reclaimed <br />wastewater and evaluate their pot:mtial riaks; thereby, prioritize the chemical compounds <br />of concern in terms of relative heulth effects in humans, (2) propose a guideline to <br />ma age emerging anthropoganic contaminants in water and reclaimed wastewater. (3) <br />evaluate health risks associated w ith groundwater recharge with reclaimed wastewater <br />and provide management options for emerging con taminan ts based on scientific and <br />rational bases in support for regulatory process. <br />END <br />