Water

As a major support contractor with the U.S. EPA's Office of Water, we’ve worked on every major drinking water rule developed since 1983 to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its 1986 and 1996 amendments. In addition to providing contaminant occurrence analysis and regulatory development support, we have developed training materials, held workshops, and conducted training sessions across the country on the implementation of over 15 specific SDWA regulations including those for arsenic, lead and copper, total coliform, disinfectants and disinfection by-products, and a suite of surface water treatment rules. We also provide training as well as conduct sanitary surveys, comprehensive performance evaluations (CPEs), and vulnerability assessments. Small systems issues are of particular concern and we have developed a number of self-assessment tools and manuals to assist states and water systems with technical, managerial, and financial capacity issues.

Cadmus supports clients in the areas of:

Drinking Water Program Implementation through training, public education and outreach, data transfer support, and national and state program implementation support.
Drinking Water Standards, Risk Management, and Risk Communication through our work on contaminant occurrence, fate, and transport; EPA’s Contaminant Candidate List and Six-Year Drinking Water Review process; and the tools we have developed to communicate health and environmental risks of numerous drinking water contaminants.
Source Water Protection through assessments, development of technical guidance documents, training, and the conduct of workshops and conferences.
Underground Injection Control through work on large-capacity septic systems, drinking water treatment residuals, and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Water Quality and Watershed Management Support through water quality assessments, TMDL development, and wetland assessment.
Drinking Water Analytics through services for utilities such as demand forecasting, financial planning, water conservation program design, cost-of-service studies, and rate structure analysis.
Research and Development through scientific, technical, research, engineering, and modeling support for EPA's Office of Research and Development.