Class Act: The Water Guy
Posted on March 8th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Meet Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech professor of civil and environmental engineers and water-quality expert who, together with his students, have helped communities from Washington, D.C., to Flint, Mich., document lead contamination in their tap water – and then hold officials accountable.
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