{"id":205,"date":"2022-01-03T17:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/dwjlab\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:44:49","slug":"about-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/dwjlab\/about-the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Info Text &#8211; Right Hand Column Placeholder<br \/>Refresh After Saving to Remove<\/h2>\n  <h3><strong>About the Lab<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/dwjlab\/about-the-lab\/\">About the Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/dwjlab\/about-the-lab\/research-support\/\">Research Support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n      <video data-poster=\"\" preload=\"none\" controls autoplay loop muted>\n                              \n                      \n                      \n                  <track kind=\"captions\" label=\"src=\" srclang=\"default=1\" \/>\n              <\/video>\n          <h2>Mission Statement<\/h2>\n        <p><strong>The mission of the Drinking Water Justice Lab (DWJL) is to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFacilitate community engagement to create ongoing awareness and understanding of drinking water justice issues (i.e. quality, affordability, and accessibility)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide an immersive, interdisciplinary training experience for students\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n          <h2>DWJL Purpose<\/h2>\n        <p><strong>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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n          <h2>Research Support<\/h2>\n        <p>Below is the current lab research support. 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