Drinking Water

About

The NOPREN Drinking Water work group evaluates and conducts research on policies and practices that increase access to safe drinking water in a variety of settings. Our mission is to conduct applied research and evaluation to help identify develop and implement drinking-water-related policies, programs, and practices. Membership in the work group is voluntary and involves regular participation in work group meetings to share research findings and plan for new projects. NOPREN members involved in the field of water access and intake is welcome to join the work group.

 

Webinars

If you are interested in the recordings of any of these webinars, please email [email protected] to request it.

2025

Testing for lead in California licensed childcare tap water:  what did we learn?
Webinar Date: October 29, 2025

Child Beverage Consumption in US Early Care and Education Settings, 2008–2020
Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Water Insecurity and Purchases of Soft and Sweet Beverages: A Case Study in the Obesogenic Context of the Pacific Islands
Webinar Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Drinking Water ToolKit for Schools- Development and Discussion
Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025

NOLA Residential Water Lead Testing Study (Fontenette)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

 

2024

Use of a Water Filter at Home Reduces Sugary Drink Consumption among Parents and Infants/Toddlers in a Predominantly Hispanic Community: Results from the Water Up!@ Home Intervention Trial (Colon-Ramos)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Community-Engaged Research Surrounding Lead in Drinking Water in the Mississippi Delta (Otts)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

DNPAO's Reducing Added Sugars Initiative (Gunn)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

2023

Understanding & increasing water availability and accessibility in family childcare homes to improve young children’s water intake: Mixed methods data from the Drink Well/Bebe Bien study (Gans)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Changing behaviors take time: Investing more than a decade into the Play Every Day campaign to improve serving healthy drinks to Alaska families (Potempa)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

U.S. EPA Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant and 3Ts (Training, Testing, Taking Action) Programs (Tan)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The impact of low water intake on glucose regulation (Kavouras)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Water- and Health-Related Risk Perceptions and Behaviors (Anthonj)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023

2022

Communication Planning: Effective Use of Digital and Social Media for Engagement and Dissemination
Webinar Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

From “trust” to “trustworthiness”: Retheorizing Dynamics of Trust, Distrust and Water Security in North America (Wilson)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Understanding Biopsychosocial Health Outcomes of Syndemic Water and Food Insecurity: Applications for Global Health
Webinar Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

I know it's just pouring it from the tap, but it's not easy': Motivational processes that underlie water drinking (Rodger)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Quantifying water access and use for individuals and households: insights into nutrition, disease, and mental health in North America and beyond (Young)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Factors related to water filter use for drinking tap water at home and its association with consuming plain water and sugar-sweetened beverages among U.S. adults (Park)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Identifying schools at high-risk for elevated lead in drinking water using only publicly available data (Lobo & Gadgil)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022

2021

Results from Water Up! @ Home Intervention to replace Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption with filtered tap water among Latino infants and toddlers
Webinar Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Redefining Drinking Water Security in the US
Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Perceptions of Tap Water and Beverage Intake among Low-Income Women, Infants and Children in Michigan
Webinar Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Community Road Map for Increasing Healthy Beverage Consumption and Reducing SSB Consumption
Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Water Safety in California Public Schools Following Implementation of School Drinking Water Policies (Isi Umunna)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Water First! Healthy Beverage Access on Navajo Nation (COPE)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

2020

Protecting Water Quality of Non-Public Water Wells in Kansas (Marrow, Ablah)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020

AQWA: Assessing Quality of Water Access Photo-Evidence Toolkit
Webinar Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2020

2019

Oral Health at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Association of Caloric Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Water Intake Among US Children and Young Adults in the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Rosinger)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Hydrate Philly: Results from a One-year Randomized Trial of a Multilevel Intervention to Increase Water Access and Appeal in Urban Community Recreation Centers (Patel et al.)
Webinar Date: Thursday, June 20, 2019

A Statewide Examination of Beverage Policy Implementation Among Child Care Programs in Georgia (Cotwright)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Tackling Lead in Drinking Water in Child Care Facilities (Environmental Defense Fund)
Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

 

2016

Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools: Strategies for Success (CDC)
Webinar Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016

 

 

Resources