{"id":22429,"date":"2023-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=22429"},"modified":"2023-08-10T06:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:42:08","slug":"public-health-command-europe-assists-with-usag-polands-drinking-water-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=22429","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Command Europe assists with USAG-Poland\u2019s Drinking Water Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Lt. Col. Michael Kwon (left), Public Health Command Europe Chief of Environmental Health Engineering, gives a coin to Lt. Col. Cezary Gronkiewicz (right), Military Sanitary Inspector at the Military Preventive Medicine Center in Bydgoszcz, as a symbol of appreciation and excitement for future collaboration.
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\n Public Health Command Europe\u2019s Environmental Health Engineering Team and Agnieszka Brown (left), an environmental engineer from Directorate of Public Works-Poland, pose before one of the fire suppression water storage tanks in Camp Ko\u015bciuszko, U.S. Army Garrison-Poland, as they conduct a site assessment.
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POZNA\u0143, Poland \u2013 A team from Public Health Command Europe\u2019s Environmental Health Sciences Division recently partnered with Installation Management Command-Poland for an evaluation of drinking water supplied to Camp Ko\u015bciuszko in Pozna\u0144, Poland, the home of U.S. Army Garrison Poland.<\/p>\n

While on the ground, the team networked with 14 Wojskowy Oddzia\u0142 Gospodarczy (14th Military Administrative Department), the Polish military preventive medicine counterpart, to discuss synchronization of efforts and to share knowledge on different regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

U.S. Army, Public Health Command Europe, Environmental Health Engineering ensures service members, and their families have access to safe drinking water within the European area of responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to reassure our population that Poland provided drinking water meets or exceeds the highest standards for safety and palatability by validating in-place procedures, practices, and infrastructures. Developing relationships with host nation counterparts are paramount for this mission,\u201d said First Lt. Taylor Hughes, Public Health Command Europe\u2019s deputy chief of Environmental Health Engineering, a section of PHCE’s Environmental Health Sciences Division that focuses on engineering and infrastructure. \u201cPozna\u0144 is our first site for visitation because of its strategic importance and because of their water purveyor supplies from ultra modernized facilities. Nonetheless, we leave no stones unturned.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ensuring safe drinking water is a long-term commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cPHCE Environmental Health Engineering will partner with Installation Management Command-Europe over the next couple of months, maybe years, to execute this mission,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cService members in Poland should have confidence in their tap water, which frees up bottled water expenditures for other mission requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the PHCE team, this trip created opportunities to develop key relationships with Polish subject matter experts who provided invaluable insights into Polish practices and lessons learned, that meets the needs of the host nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the drinking water serving U.S. Army Garrison in Camp Ko\u015bciuszko Pozna\u0144 may be of good quality, we validate this presumption with eyes-on data. Our Department of Defense population must be reassured that we are doing the hard work behind the scenes to earn their trust,\u201d said Mr. Paul Gregorio, the lead project engineer. \u201cWe will continue to partner with Installation Management Command-Poland and our hosts to verify that potable and palatable drinking water is supplied to our service members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Public Health Command Europe\u2019s Environmental Health Sciences Division will emplace experts to key locations in USAG-Poland for the purpose of assessing or establishing environmental baselines, including for vector-borne disease threats.<\/p>\n

Public Health Command Europe provides integrated, comprehensive, and global preventive medicine and veterinary support that includes environmental health engineering, occupational and environmental medicine, laboratory services, health promotion and wellness, occupational health services, epidemiology and disease surveillance and veterinary services. This robust support capability is provided for garrisons, training areas, and contingency and combat forces operating in United States European Command, United States Africa Command, and United States Central Command. The broad range of support routinely spans across 40 countries each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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