Contamination Burden Technical Committee - Model Aquatic Health Code

Leadership

Chairperson: Ellen Meyer, Arch Chemicals
Vice Chairperson: Steve Spence, County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health, California
Steering Committee Liaison: Lee Tate, CDC

Members

Anthony Carotenuto, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center
Richard Carroll, Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc.
Jose Gonzalez, Orange County Department of Health, Florida
Jeffrey Kosik, Walt Disney World Company
John Paccione, New York State Department of Health
Llew Withers, Department of Health, Western Australia

Scope of Work

The Contamination Burden Technical Committee scope of work will be quite different from the other committees, since no specific section of the code will be drafted by this technical committee. The Contamination Burden Technical Committee will provide data to assist other technical committees in specifying performance requirements related to contamination burden (i.e. bather load). The committee will summarize existing information on the two primary composite contaminant types: particulates and chlorine demand. The other committees can then provide the models to calculate the capacity of the filtration, circulation, and chemical feed systems needed to protect public health. It is expected that limited data will prevent the other committees from making concrete, data-based decisions on removal rate requirements, but those areas may become topics for future research. The Contamination Burden Technical Committee will summarize existing data and point out areas where data are lacking.