Joseph Cotruvo
Board Certified in Environmental Science
About
Publications
Education
FAES Graduate School NIH
Graduate Study, Biochemistry / 1995
Ohio State University
Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry / 1968
University of Toledo
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry / 1963
Experience
Joseph Cotruvo Associates LLC
President / January, 2000 — December
Drinking Water Quality Health and Safety. Legionella and microbial regrowth in distribution and plumbing; Water Reuse; Bromate Chemistry and Toxicology; US Regulations and International Guidelines; Desalination Water Quality and Health; Small Water Systems Technology and Policy; Water Delivery Concepts: Bottled Water Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry Technology; Product Development Support; WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Coronavirus monitoring and tracking sewage assessments.
University of Toledo
Adjunct Professor / January, 2013 — December
Adjunct Professor in Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of Environmental Sciences. Prestige Appointment.
NSF International
Vice President Environmental Health Sciences / January, 1998 — December, 2000
Manager of Washington D.C. office and WHONSF Collaborating Centre for Drinking Water Safety and Treatment water health science and technology food standards public health. Liaisons: USEPA FDA USAID PAHO WHO.
NSF International and WHONSF Collaborating Centre for Drinking Water Safety and Treatment
Senior Regulatory Executive / January, 1996 — December, 1998
Manager of Washington D.C. office. IPA from USEPA.
USEPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Director Chemical Screening and Risk Assessment Division / January, 1992 — December, 1996
Managed development of human and ecological risk assessments for new and existing industrial chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Director Health and Environmental Review Division / January, 1990 — December, 1992
Managed development of human and ecological hazard assessments for industrial chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
EPA Office of Drinking Water
Director Criteria and Standards Division / January, 1976 — December, 1990
Initiated and supervised development of National Drinking Water Regulations and Guidelines for organic and inorganic chemicals disinfection by-products microbials radionuclides corrosion and surface water treatment under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Developed the EPA drinking water regulatory policy for carcinogens. Initiated the Drinking Water Health Advisory Program for states and public water systems providing health guidance for drinking water contamination by unregulated contaminants. Supervised 30 chemists toxicologists microbiologists and engineers and managed technical regulation contracts and research planning and budget.
EPA's Office of Planning and Management
Senior Regulatory Analyst / January, 1973 — December, 1975
Senior Regulatory Analyst for Toxics Pesticides Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.
ChemSampCo
Manager of R & D / January, 1970 — December, 1972
A specialty and fine chemicals producer. Developed new synthetic processes and scale up for pheromone chemicals and other commercial products.
Italian National Research Council / University of Bologna Italy
Postdoctoral Researcher (Fellowship) / January, 1969 — December, 1969
Postdoctoral Research in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Technical University of Bari Italy
Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering / January, 2005 — December, 2005
Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering
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