Joseph Cotruvo

Joseph A. Cotruvo PhD, BCES is Board Certified in Environmental Science, and president of Joseph Cotruvo and Associates, LLC, Water, Environment and Public Health Consultants. He was the first Director of USEPA’s Drinking Water Standards Division that produced the first regulation of TTHMs in drinking water and many existing drinking water standards, and initiated USEPA's Drinking Water Health Advisory Program. He has participated in the World Health Organization Drinking Water Guidelines development process for over 20 years. WHO work has included producing monographs on Health Aspects of Plumbing, Pathogenic Mycobacteria, Heterotrophic Plate Counts, Calcium and Magnesium in Drinking Water, Waterborne Zoonoses, Health and Environmental Aspects of Desalination Technology, and Potable Water Reuse Guidelines. His work includes drinking water quality and risk evaluations, water treatment technology, direct and indirect potable water reuse, international and national regulatory assessments. He has initiated and managed toxicological research on bromate, water system decontamination, and studies on trihalomethanes. He served for several years as chairman of the Water Quality Committee of the Board of Directors of the Washington DC Water and Sewer Authority. His Bachelor’s degree is in Chemistry from the University of Toledo, and his PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry, from The Ohio State University, and post doctoral research in heterocyclic chemistry.