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    Arsenic in Wisconsin's Residential Drinking Water: Planning for Action

    Project Overview

    2nd Funding Cycle Development Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2006
         Project End Date: 8/31/2007

    Project Goal Statement: This project will increase the capacity of the environmental health community to comprehensively address elevated arsenic levels in residential drinking water.

    Award Amount: $50,000

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: Winnebago County Health Department
    Additional community partner organization names:

    • Center for Watershed Science and Education
    • Outagamie County Public Health Division
    • University of Wisconsin Extension, Winnebago County
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing
    • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
    • Wisconsin Division of Public Health (Environmental and Occupational Health)
    • Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

    Academic Partner:
    Primary Academic Syed Ahmed, MD, MPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2006 - June 2007
         Project Final Report Summary    

    Affiliated Web Pages:
        Center for Watershed Science and Education
        Outagamie County Public Health Division
        University of Wisconsin Extension, Winnebago County
        University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing
        Winnebago County Health Department
        Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
        Wisconsin Division of Public Health (Environmental and Occupational Health)
        Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

    • Outreach Materials/Events
      • Developed a summary to encapsulate methods, results and synopsis of the large volume of qualitative and quantitative data collected through the project and distributed to organizational leadership (local health boards), organizations across the state through local and state health professional and water resource associations and partner websites.
      • Compiled a report outlining potential testing and post-test outreach strategies and their impact, feasibility and sustainability.