Specialist Group
Health Related Water Microbiology

Management

Rose 

Past Chair: Prof. Joan B. Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan, USA, 48824

Tel: +1 (517) 432-4412; Fax: +1 (517) 432-1699
E-mail: rosejo@msu.edu.

   
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Chair: Prof. Dr. Gertjan Medema
Principal Microbiologist, Manager Water Quality and Health Research Group, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (30) 606 96 53; Fax: +31 (30) 606 11 65
Email: gertjan.medema@kwrwater.nl.

   
 

Vice Chair: Marion Savill
Affordable Water, Christchurch, New Zealand

Email: marionsavill@xtra.co.nz.

   
Katayama 

Secretary: Dr. Hiroyuki Katayama
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Dept of Urban Engineering Sch of Engineering, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo Tokyo, Japan, 113-8656

Tel: +81(35) 841 6271; Fax: +81 (35) 841 6271
E-mail: katayama@env.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

   
 

Assistant Secretary: Rachel M. McNinch
Research Assistant, Center for Water Sciences, Michigan State University, 301 Manly Miles Building, 1405 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, 48824

Tel: +1 (517) 353-9863; Fax: +1 (517) 353-9807
E-mail: mcninchr@msu.edu.

   
Willie Grabow 

Honorary president: Prof. Willie O.K. Grabow|
Emeritus Professor, University or Pretoria, 10 Kamdeboo, Bakkie Lane, The Willows, 0041 Pretoria, South Africa

Tel: +27 (12) 807-2351; Fax: +27 (86) 649-8181
Email: wgrabow@icon.co.za.

   
Nick_Ashbolt 

Board Member Prof. Nicholas J. Ashbolt
Title-42 Senior Research Microbiologist, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory (MD-564), U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 45268

Tel: +1 (513) 569 7318; Fax: +1 (513) 569 7464
Email: ashbolt.nick@epa.gov.

   
Albert Bosch 

Board Member Prof. Albert Bosch
Professor, University of Barcelona, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona

Fax: 34 93 411 0592
Email: abosch@ub.edu.

   
 

Board Member Dr. Maria Inês Z. Sato
Companhia Estadual de Tecnologia e Saneamento Básico - CETESB, Department of Environmental Analysis, CETESB – Environmental Agency of São Paulo State, 345, São Paulo, 05459-900, Brazil
 

Tel: 55 11 3133 3542; Fax: 55 11 3133 3982
Email: minesato@osite.com.br. 

   
Toranzos 

Board Member Dr. Gary Toranzos
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, Department of Biology, Apartado Postal 23301, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931-3301

Tel: (787) 764-0000 ext. 4885
Email: gary.toranzos@upr.edu.

   
Armon 

Board Member Prof. Dr. Robert Armon
Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

Tel: + 972 48292377; Fax: + 972 48293309
Email: cvrrobi@tx.technion.ac.il.

   
Bettina Genthe 

Board Member Dr. Bettina Genthe
CSIR Environmentek, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Tel: + 27 218882498
Email: bgenthe@csir.co.za. 

 

News

Newsletter May 2013

(05-05-2013) Read our latest news and stay tuned. 
Invitation for symposium in Brazil and more 

Health-related Water Microbiology Specialist Group Travel Bursary 

(13-2-2013) Download the Application Form to attend WaterMicro2013 in Florianopolis, Brasil September 15-20, 2013.

International Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology:
Watermicro 2013

(15-12-2012) Watermicro 2013 website is online: read all about this Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology. 
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Rotorua declaration

(12-06-2012) Action needed on knowledge gaps in cathment microbial modelling.
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