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Exploring Household Water Quality, Affordability, and Tap Water Distrust

2:05-2:35ÌýThursday April 2, 2026 virtual presentation

Khalid Osman is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford ³Ô¹ÏÍø. His research spans the use of mixed quantitative-qualitative methods to assess public perceptions of water infrastructure, water conservation efforts, and the management of existing infrastructure systems to meet the needs of those being served by the systems. He currently is focused on the operationalization of equity in water sector infrastructure, conceptualizing equity in decentralized water and sanitation systems, water affordability, and stakeholder-community engagement in sustainable civil infrastructure systems for achieving environmental justice. Khalid was the holder of a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholars Graduate Fellowship and also a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.