Drinking Water & Water Quality
Protecting drinking water is increasingly challenging as communities face aging infrastructure and emerging contaminants. Abt Global supports federal and state agencies to evaluate contaminant exposure, identify treatment options, estimate costs and benefits, and develop protections for communities.
We tap the expertise of environmental scientists, engineers, risk assessors, economists, and policy analysts alongside data and technology specialists to rapidly turn complex water quality data into practical solutions that reduce risk and strengthen public health.
Our Clients
Environmental Protection Agency
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
State & Local Agencies
Our Work
EPA’s Office of Research and Development needed to expand its online, publicly available Drinking Water Treatability Database (TDB).
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that are associated with health detriments.
In 2018, the State of Minnesota reached a settlement with the 3M Company regarding contamination of groundwater with PFAS chemicals manufactured by 3M.
Technical assistance to the EPA to outline approaches to inform a health-based benchmark for lead in drinking water
More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm.
Our Experts
Insights
From Exposure to Protection: Securing Safe Drinking Water
Abt helped the EPA develop data-driven regulations, treatment tools, and exposure models that strengthen protections against contaminants such as PFAS and lead, improving drinking water safety for millions of Americans.
Impact Brief
Multi-site study of communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking water: Methods, demographics, and PFAS serum concentrations
Presents findings from a multi-site study examining the relationship between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and PFAS levels in residents’ blood across the U.S.
Publication
PFAS, Environmental Contamination, and Health
Abt Global offers comprehensive expertise in investigating and addressing the environmental and health
impacts of PFAS contamination.
Resource
Drinking Water Treatability Database Update Tackles PFAS
EPA’s Office of Research and Development needed to expand its online, publicly available Drinking Water Treatability Database (TDB). The goal was to allow the database to better support decision making about emerging contaminants of concern.
Project
Where Data Meets Discovery: A One Health Conversation with Adam Schaefer
Abt's Adam Schaefer joins Dr. Ginger Dixon on One Health Wednesdays to explore the science, systems, and leadership driving meaningful progress in One Health research.
Podcast
Spotlight On: PFAS, Environmental Contamination, and Health
Abt has extensive experience investigating and addressing the complex effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment and on human health.
Spotlight On
Spotlight On: The Intersection of Health and the Environment
Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.
Spotlight On