Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The A.P. Black Research Award was established in 1967 in honor of Alvin Percy Black to recognize outstanding research contributions to water science and water supply rendered over an appreciable period of time.The recipient of the 2024 A.P. Black Award is Darren A. Lytle, who is being honored for his significant work in protecting human health by supporting drinking water regulations and working with states, communities, and homeowners to improve drinking water quality.Darren has been with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 1990.Since 2017, he has served as an environmental engineer, providing leadership, originality, and judgment in identifying, defining, and executing research programs.His research has focused on many topics, including inorganic contaminants such as arsenic, ammonia, nitrate, lead and copper, and premise plumbing-related water quality issues.In his career at EPA, Darren has also served as a supervisory environmental engineer (branch chief), leading teams of engineers, scientists, and technicians in conducting drinking water research in support of communities and states, and for developing new and previously promulgated federal drinking water standards.Throughout his career, Darren has published more than 125 manuscripts and book chapters and has made more than 150 presentations, often to AWWA audiences.In addition to his research, he has been active in AWWA, serving on numerous committees and publishing in Journal AWWA and AWWA Water Science.Darren received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Akron (Ohio), and a master's degree and PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) and the
Source: American Water Works Association
DOI: 10.1002/awwa.2349
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403464663