Hydrophilanthropy: What Can You Do?
Tuesday, May 6, 2014: 10:30 a.m.
Curtis (Westin Denver Downtown)
Michael E. Campana, Ph.D.
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Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Hydrophilanthropy, a term coined by NGWA member David Kreamer, Ph.D., refers to the practice of providing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) access to those who struggle to achieve these benefits that those in the developed world often take for granted. When you realize what the term means, your first inclination is to say, “Oh yeah, I understand. That’s what the Gates Foundation, World Vision, Save the Children, Water For People, and those other groups do. Not much I can do, except maybe write a check.” But there is more you can do. “What?” you ask.
Stay tuned as Campana, 40-year NGWA member, and founder and president of the Ann Campana Judge Foundation, a hydrophilanthropy he established in 2002 in memory of his younger sister, shows you what others like you are doing to bring safe water to the world’s forgotten people.
The ACJF works in Central America building WaSH systems and provides funding to others to do the same.
Michael E. Campana, Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Michael E. Campana, Ph.D., is a professor of hydrogeology and water resources management at Oregon State University and former director of its Institute for Water and Watersheds. He formerly directed the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico, where he is now emeritus professor of hydrogeology. In addition, Campana was a research hydrologist at the Desert Research Institute and professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Campana is a current board member of the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation, past chair of NGWA’s Scientists and Engineers Division, and past president of the American Water Resources Association. His passion these days is WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) issues in developing regions. To that end, he founded and heads the nonprofit Ann Campana Judge Foundation, which funds and undertakes WaSH projects in Central America, and serves on the board of directors of the Calgary-based nonprofit Hydrogeologists Without Borders. As WaterWired, he blogs and Tweets on water and related issues. He holds a B.S. in geology from the College of William and Mary, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in hydrology from the University of Arizona.
