About the Lab
Mission Statement
The mission of the Drinking Water Justice Lab (DWJL) is to:
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Facilitate community engagement to create ongoing awareness and understanding of drinking water justice issues (i.e. quality, affordability, and accessibility)
DWJL Purpose
Drinking water research is critical because access to water ensures human life, but also because water enables one to maintain dignity. A life without water means one must experience financial and time hardships associated with procuring water to bathe, cook, flush a toilet, clean with, and drink.
Research Support
Below is the current lab research support. To learn more about past research support, click here.
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control (prime), CDC-RFA-EJ20-2025
Project Title: Strengthening environmental health capacity (EHC) to detect, prevent, and control environmental health hazards through data-driven, evidence-based approaches
Year(s): 2021-2023
DWJL Projects Supported: Tennessee Community Water System Estimated Service Area Boundary Digitization Process
PI: Dr. Mary-Margaret Fill, Tennessee Department of Health
Site PI: Dr. Yolanda J. McDonald
Research Assistants: Marie Caiola (Lead), Austin Fernandez, Minoli Fernando, Ashley Kim (Lead), Aakash Manapat, & Meena Muthusubramanian