Marc Edwards
Professor, Award Winner
1964 –
Who is Marc Edwards?
Marc Edwards is a civil engineering/environmental engineer and the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. An expert on water treatment and corrosion, Edwards's research on elevated lead levels in Washington, DC's municipal water supply gained national attention, changed the city's recommendations on water use in homes with lead service pipes, and caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to admit to publishing a report so rife with errors that a congressional investigation called it "scientifically indefensible". He is considered one of the world's leading experts in water corrosion in home plumbing, and a nationally recognized expert on copper corrosion.
Edwards was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007. The program cited him for "playing a vital role in ensuring the safety of drinking water and in exposing deteriorating water-delivery infrastructure in America’s largest cities". In 2004, Time magazine featured him as one of the United States' most innovative scientists.
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- Born
- 1964
- Profession
- Education
- University of Washington
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Employment
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Lived in
- Buffalo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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