Water Water Everywhere....Water and Public Health 
03/03/2010 
The Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI held its CME day on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. 

Water, water everywhere ...water and public health

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Frederick House, 19 South Frederick St., Dublin 2

Drinking Water: Resources And Risk Assessment
Dr. BethAnn Roch, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE, SE
 
Drinking water: treatment
Darragh Page, Inspector, EPA
    
Drinking water: enforcement
Brendan Wall, Manager of Water Enforcement, Team South, EPA
 
Lead Exceedance In Drinking Water
Dr. Anthony Breslin, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE, West
 
Nitrates In Drinking Water And Other Position Papers
Dr. Una Fallon, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE, Midlands
 
Aluminium Exceedance In Drinking Water
Dr. Mary O’Mahony, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE, South 
 
Contaminants Of Emerging Concern In The Irish Aquatic Environment
Prof. Martin Cormican, Dept of Microbiology, University College Hospital
Galway and National University of Ireland, Galway
 
Flooding: A Public Health Perspective
Dr. John Cuddihy, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE, SE

 

The educational aims of the day were:

1.      To inform and update participants on routine common water and health issues
2.      To consider emerging water and health issues of interest and significance

This CME day was for everybody, both those who regularly deal with environment and health issues and those who don't.
The programme was designed to cover topics in which we all need to be competent – a full programme is available here.