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A young Diné (Navajo) girl assists her aunt in collecting water for their livestock
The water access gap
Published Summer 2025
A new survey led by the Center for Indigenous Health seeks to gauge water access on Navajo Nation / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Photo of Lifestraw CEO Alison Hill against a nondescript background
Vignette
Going beyond good intentions
Published Spring 2025
Alum Alison Hill is the CEO of Lifestraw / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Omar Lloyd carries flats of grass plants while working on installing the Harbor Wetlands exhibit
Environmental science
Alum helps harbor wetland flourish
Published Aug 12, 2024 Video
Omar Lloyd, A&S '20, helped the National Aquarium bring a tidal salt marsh back to the Inner Harbor
An illustration of a faucet filling a glass with water
Q+A
A closer look at the EPA's proposed regulations of 'forever chemicals'
Published March 21, 2023
Carsten Prasse, assistant professor of environmental health and engineering, discusses the effects of the regulations on public water systems—from their benefits for Americans' health to the reality of implementation
Glass of water on a table
Engineering
A new approach to safer tap water
Published Aug 31, 2021
Leveraging bioassays and artificial intelligence could help identify previously unknown chemical mixtures in the water supply, say Carsten Prasse and Paul Ferraro
A glass of water
Environmental health
Johns Hopkins scientist develops method to find toxic chemicals in drinking water
Published Jan 12, 2021
Only 11 byproducts from water disinfection are currently regulated in drinking water, and environmental engineer Carsten Prasse says there's more that must be done
Leaky faucet
Environmental Health
What's in your water?
Published Jan 29, 2020
Researchers discover that common water disinfecting method may result in toxic byproducts
Water faucet
Water worries
A harmful flaw in water treatment methods?
Published May 2, 2018
Water treatment process converts commonly used chemicals into harmful compounds that affect cellular function and metabolism, study finds
Spillway of the Conowingo Dam shows water filtering out from a large concrete structure
ECOLOGY
Dam near full
Published Winter 2017
For the past 90 years, the Conowingo Dam has prevented fertilizer runoff from nearby farms from entering the Chesapeake, but as the dam fills with silt, it becomes less effective / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Small cities, big issues
Published Spring 2017
Public health researcher Debra Furr-Holden leads center in Flint, Michigan, to help address unpotable water, food deserts / Johns Hopkins Magazine