Sonali Seth

Abstract A combined approach for studying water quality, attitudes, and practices is presented, focusing on urban low- and middle-income households in Chennai, India using reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Challenging the common assumption that in-home water treatment particularly RO fully resolves drinking water safety issues, this article presents one of the first empirical evaluations of the effectiveness of household-level filtration methods.

This was originally published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This week, the Georgia legislature is reconvening under court order to address racial discrimination in state and federal redistricting. Now a new study finds that Georgians of color are also underrepresented in local government. My coauthor and I found that Asian, Black, and Latino Georgians hold less than 30 percent of school board and county commission seats, although they make up about 50 percent of the state’s population.

This week, the Georgia legislature is reconvening under court order to address racial discrimination in state and federal redistricting. Now a new study finds that Georgians of color are also underrepresented in local government. My coauthor and I found that Asian, Black, and Latino Georgians hold less than 30 percent of school board and county commission seats, although they make up about 50 percent of the state’s population.