SDPI organizes a lecture on Sustainability Concepts for Water Quality Protection

Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is going to organize a lecture on Sustainability concepts for water quality protection on Thursday, December 8. Dr Xavier Swamikannu will be the key speaker delivering the
said lecture.

Dr. Swamikannu is an expert on regulatory control of urban water pollution, and served on a special committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to advise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He led the California
Environmental Protection Agency’s program to national prominence because of his stewardship and pioneering efforts in addressing urban water pollution issues. Dr. Swamikannu will present on sustainability concepts that are a core element of the recommendations made
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to better manage water pollution in urban environments. The relevance for Pakistan is that it may consider the North American experience and develop a cost effective and integrated approach to water quality protection,
water resources management, water conservation and biological integrity maintenance for a sustainable future. He also looks forward to better understanding the challenges in Pakistan for water quality protection and water resources management. 

Brief bio-note of Dr Xavier Swamikannu:

Dr. Swamikannu is currently in Pakistan on the Fulbright South & Central Asia Regional Grant. He has served as Chief of the Storm Water Program, California Environmental Protection Agency’s (CalEPA) Water Board in Los Angeles
, until January 2010. He holds a Doctorate degree in environmental science and engineering from the University of California , Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Master’s in environmental sciences from Texas Christian University . He completed his undergraduate study
at St. Joseph ‘s College in Bangalore , India . Dr. Swamikannu is a national expert in the area of storm water pollution control, and is credited with advancing California ‘s regulatory program to national prominence. During a career that spanned more than
two decades at the CalEPA, Dr. Swamikannu also partnered with the faculty at UCLA to conduct storm water research, and has co-authored several research papers with them. Dr. Swamikannu served from 2007 to 2009 as a member of the special committee of the National
Academy of Sciences that was created to make recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on improving the management of urban storm water pollution in the United States . The USEPA is presently implementing these recommendations. He
received the prestigious Stone Rollers Award in 2010 from the Centre for Water Protection in Maryland for his contributions to water quality improvement nationally.

India ‘s regulatory framework for controlling surface water pollution has existed since 1974. India ‘s program, which is focused on industrial wastewater effluents, has had arguably limited success. The challenges India
faces today in controlling water pollution, as she assumes a global leadership role, have only increased, and a new regulatory framework is needed, that is current and relevant. Dr. Swamikannu’s Fulbright-Nehru research review the existing regulatory framework
in India to manage surface water pollution, and offer recommendations on making it more effective in light of the divergent U.S. experience with regulating point source wastewater pollution and diffuse storm water pollution.

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