Darnell Okafor
Standards & Methodology Editor
Methodology, source traceability, and editorial standards for drinking-water data
Darnell Okafor oversees how WaterSafety documents its methodology, frames regulatory thresholds, and handles editorial standards. The role sets how each numeric value traces back to the EPA SDWIS source, how data caveats — private wells outside SDWIS, state reporting latency, emerging contaminants without federal MCLs — are disclosed, and how corrections are processed. Explainers and guidance are AI-assisted in research and drafting, then reviewed against the primary EPA Safe Drinking Water Act records before publication.
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How our content is produced
Content is produced by an AI-augmented editorial team: research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by the named desk editor against primary public-data sources before publication.
See our Editorial Policy, Fact-Checking Policy, and Corrections Policy.