Meeting Emerging Challenges with State-of the-Art Science
CSC has a long history of providing innovative science and engineering services to the EPA. We began in 1978 with pioneering efforts in centralized sample tracking and data management in support of Clean Water Act regulations. We continue today with support for the agency’s emerging molecular techniques for pathogen monitoring. Our steady assistance has helped the EPA meet emerging challenges with high-impact scientific and engineering solutions.
We work in partnership with the EPA to ensure that it leverages state-of-the-art technologies and best-practice processes for important laboratory and environmental monitoring programs. For example, we have standardized and validated more than 100 chemical methods for the EPA and led the movement in the U.S. toward quantitative performance-based microbiological methods for water monitoring.
Our innovative geostatistical approaches (PDF, 1.25MB) to supporting agency decision making on sediment remediation has resulted in significant savings in remediation costs and reduction in risk to human health and the environment. CSC’s comprehensive support to the agency’s Water Contaminant Information Tool has served as a model for the successful integration of interdisciplinary science support, with database and Web application development. Disciplines include toxicology, chemistry, microbiology, radiochemistry and chemical engineering.