Ed Osann is a Senior Water Policy Analyst with NRDC’s Healthy Communities Program. Since 2009 he has led NRDC’s work on water efficiency through building codes, product standards, utility programs, and conservation pricing. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Director of Policy and External Affairs for the US Bureau of Reclamation. Ed holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from George Washington University and a BS in International Relations from Georgetown University. From 2013-16, Ed served on the 7-member Independent Technical Panel on Urban Conservation for the California Department of Water Resources. In 2016, Ed joined ISO Project Committee 305 to develop a product standard for Sustainable Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems, serving as head of the US delegation to this committee. Ed is a member of the AWWA Water Loss Control Committee and contributed to the pre-publication review of AWWA’s Manual M-36, Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, 4th Edition.