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Mar 1 & 2 / 2023

Miami, FL

Mark Hodgson: Speaking at the The Heat and Fire Expo Miami

Mark Hodgson

Managing Director  -  Kersia, Inc.

Safe Drinking Water In a Natural Disaster

In almost any natural disaster the availability of safe drinking water is curtailed, water is either unavailable or unsafe. This talk will look at some of the ways that drinking water can be provided to survivors without the need to ship large volumes of bottled water over long distances.

About Mark Hodgson

Mark Hodgson has worked in water treatment and infection prevention for over 25 years, a chemist with a strong background in environmental microbiology. He has been a leader in developing programs driven by quality and sound scientific principles. Mr. Hodgson has developed and presented training programs for clients and in house personnel, developed and implemented corporate policy including developing a team of peer reviewers. Mr. Hodgson has also been a regulatory liaison and provided litigation support and expert witness in the states of New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Florida. Mr. Hodgson has performed water quality and indoor air quality evaluations in Europe, North America, South America, North Africa, Australia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

With broad-based knowledge of the disinfectant industry he has conducted outbreak investigations and risk assessments as well as prepared protocols for the control of Legionellosis, conducted research on Clostridum difficile outbreaks, and developed prevention programs. Mr. Hodgson’s research and product development activities have included studies on vaporized hydrogen peroxide systems, accelerated hydrogen peroxide disinfectants, and sodium dichloro isocyanurate based disinfectants.