NGWA Workshop — Groundwater Quality and Unconventional Gas Development: Is There a Connection? November 13 - 14, 2014

Dana Rizzo is an Extension Educator in Water Quality and Water Resources in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Dana has spent ten years in the water resources field in both Pennsylvania and in Arizona. She has worked in the technical aspects of water resources conducting water tests, doing field studies, and research as well as in the policy and decision-making aspects of water resources. While in Arizona, she worked with the government officials at the state level to help shape the laws and regulations for Arizona's water. In her present position, she works with residents of Westmoreland and surrounding counties on the management of private water supplies, on-lot septic, pond issues, and public health concerns regarding water. She also works with regional research and policy groups on concerns such as the aging infrastructure of our water and wastewater systems as well as emerging topics such as the potential effects that the natural gas drilling boom could have on private water supplies.