About this webinar: 
Almost 2 billion people worldwide (about 25% of the earth’s population) lack access to safe water. Preventable water-related diseases claim up to 2.5 million deaths annually, predominantly among African and South-East Asian children. Innovative Household Water Treatment (HWT) products and services have been developed in response to this critical issue but many have failed to reach sufficient scale to allow for increased access to safe drinking-water at the point-of-use.
In this webinar, presenters will share recent learning and advances in the field of HWT. Our first speaker will focus on the challenges associated with quality, operation and scaling of products. Our second speaker will present an overview of the new International Scheme to Evaluate HWT from the World Health Organization, which aims to provide global thresholds for the performance of HWT options in improving water quality.
The presenters in this E4C Webinar will:
- Share recent learning and advances in the field of HWT,
- Highlight their experiences in developing an deploying HWT products and services, with a focus on the challenges associated with quality, operation and scaling of products,
- And address gaps and opportunities in research, technology and supporting frameworks, such as the recent Internal Scheme to Evaluate HWT.
Presenters: 
Ryan Rowe is the Knowledge Manager at the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and works on identifying, capturing and sharing insights and lessons learned from water, sanitation and hygiene-related research, policy and practice. He has been running communications for the International Network on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage since August 2010. He has nearly ten years of experience working with governments, researchers, non-profits and private sector in banking, international business, humanitarian work and public health. Ryan holds a Master of Public Health from UNC, an MBA from York University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University.
Nikki┬áBeetsch┬áis Business Unit Manager for NSF InternationalÔÇÖs drinking water treatment division.┬áNikki┬áBeetsch┬áis currently seconded from NSF International to the World Health Organization. Ms┬áBeetsch┬áhas 15 years of experience in the product development, testing, certification and management of water quality and purification device testing protocols.┬áNikki┬áholds a Master of Science in Environmental Science/Biology from Wright State University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Bowling Green State University.
Daniele┬áLantagne┬áis an Assistant Professor in┬áCivil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University.┬á┬áShe is an┬áenvironmental engineer (MIT BS 1996, MIT M.Eng. 2001, PE 2003) who received her┬áPhD in 2011┬áfrom the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ┬áShe┬ácompleted her post-doctoral work at Harvard’s┬áCenter for International Development.┬á┬áBetween her degrees she worked at the Centers for Disease Control and┬áPrevention (CDC). Over the past fourteen years, she provided technical┬áassistance and evaluation of┬áchlorination, filtration, and combined treatment┬áhousehold water treatment implementations in more than 50┬ácountries in both the┬ádevelopment and emergency contexts. She has published over 20 papers.
