Joseph Cotruvo

Dr. Joseph Cotruvo is president of Joseph Cotruvo & Associates LLC and Honorary Research Professor of Chemistry and of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo. His career spans disciplines that include water chemistry and technology, federal and international regulatory development, health guidance, water science, technology and toxicology research, and water and wastewater system oversight.

Dr. Cotruvo was first director of USEPA’s Drinking Water Standards Division and also director of USEPA’s Risk Assessment Division in Toxics. He developed much of the methodology for U.S. drinking water standards and applied it initially to THM regulations. He is a core member of the World Health Organization’s Committees developing Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality and has developed or engaged in major water and health monograph products for the World Health Organization.

Dr. Cotruvo has been principal or co-principal investigator on studies of drinking water safety, technology, security, decontamination, point-of-use treatment, disinfection byproducts and health issues. He is chairman of the National Regulatory Committee of the Water Reuse Foundation and serves on the Orange County, Calif., Groundwater Replenishment System and San Diego and Los Angeles water reuse science advisory panels. He is an honorary life member of AWWA, and he chairs the Water Quality Committee of the Board of Directors of the Washington, D.C. Water Authority.