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UMass offers technical assistance, lab and mobile piloting support to ECSDC grantees
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Summary
MassDEP and UMass support grantees with technical assistance for scope-of-work, eligibility documentation and reporting; UMass laboratory services and a Mobile Water Innovation Laboratory can provide jar tests, bench-scale and pilot studies for contaminants including PFAS and manganese.
Abby Jacobs outlined the technical assistance available through MassDEP and UMass for ECSDC awardees and introduced Eric Lian, a UMass Small Water Systems Assistance Program technical assistance provider. Jacobs said TA providers can help with project planning, scope-of-work and budget forms, and with compiling eligibility documentation necessary to start projects.
UMass laboratory services: "UMass laboratory services are available to smaller disadvantaged public water systems dealing with emerging contaminant issues," Jacobs said. She described capabilities including jar testing, rapid small-scale column testing, bench-scale pilot testing and on-site piloting via a Mobile Water Innovation Laboratory trailer. UMass can test for PFAS, manganese, disinfection byproducts and other emerging contaminants on a case-by-case basis.
Examples and contacts: Jacobs provided examples of UMass-assisted projects (Carlisle, East Chelmsford, Montague Center and Onset) and advised grantees to contact drinkingwater@umass.edu and add "ECSCDCTA support" to the subject line, or to use the program director email for MassDEP assistance. She said UMass and MassDEP TA providers can also aid monthly and final reporting processes.
Why it matters: Access to TA and laboratory piloting can reduce technical risk in selecting treatment approaches and generating data needed for permitting and procurement.
