CEC Projects

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. is currently providing technical and regulatory support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Health and Ecological Criteria Division for the development of criteria for water media. This three year contract includes development of human health criteria, health advisories, maximum contaminant level goals, and pollution limits. CEC is conducting risk assessments, performing statistical analyses, evaluating pollutants, assessing the potential impact of criteria on sensitive populations, conducting sanitary surveys, and arranging and conducting workshops. CEC is also in the process of researching, and developing quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) models for recreational water quality criteria.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. is working closely with the Philadelphia Water Department on improving the utility's ability to identify water quality conditions in its distribution system which may indicate the onset of degradation of quality. This is essentially an early warning system for water quality that is outside of normal control limits. This project is being funded by the U.S. EPA as part of its Water treatment homeland security initiative. CEC is supporting the development of software and data bases which allow automated programs to evaluate water quality data at over 17 locations gathered by over 100 sensors. The data are analyzed and communicated to scientists and engineers through web portals and mobile communication devices. CEC is providing programming, data management, data analysis and statistical support. This project is a cooperative effort by Municipal, State and Federal agencies to reduce the risks of drinking water contamination.

CEC provides support to NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries Program (NMSP), which is developing a reporting protocol for its System-Wide Monitoring Program. NMSP and CEC are preparing "condition reports" on the status and trends of water, habitat, living, and maritime archaeological resources in the 13 U.S. marine sanctuaries and Hawaii's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The process of developing the reports uses existing information and expert opinion to categorize the pressures (e.g., vessel traffic, invasive species, climate change, etc….) exerted on natural systems in the sanctuaries, the current status of the resources (e.g., eutrophic condition of the water, stability of the fishing industry, potential risks to human health, etc…) and the management responses to the pressures and the state of the system. CEC was instrumental in the process of developing the framework for the condition reports based on requirements analyses conducted with managers and researchers of NMSP. CEC has supported the access, organization, quality assurance, analysis and interpretation of the data from many of the sites. This effort will result in a normalized assessment of the resources for all of the sites, and will provide managers a means to report on the condition of the sanctuaries, and set priorities for future characterization, monitoring, research, and other management activities.

CEC also supported the NMSP and the National Coastal Data Development Center in the design and implementation of data collection and management for ocean observing buoys.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. works on-site with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to support activities related to derelict structures, and abandoned and shipwrecked vessels within sanctuary waters. Activities include location, identification and characterization of structures and vessels, and also activities related to permit violations, pollution/HazMat, resource damage, and power theft. CEC also assists with development of contingency plans for vessels running adrift, identifying potential resource injuries and fuel spills if vessels are to run aground, and makes recommendations in a timely manner to appropriate agencies. CEC has developed, and maintains a vessel grounding database with information regarding the issuance of Notice of Violation and Assessment penalties, settlement information, citation information, and current case status.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. supported the American Water Works Association (AWWA) in the review of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) UltraViolet Disinfection Guidance Manual. CEC led a team of consultants and volunteers in the development of comments and recommendations for improving the manual.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. supported the AWWA in cooperative work with the USEPA on the development of a methodology for choosing contaminants to be considered for regulatory development. This list is known as the Candidate Contaminant List.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. is supporting Tampa Bay Water in the development of a comprehensive data quality control program. The program will be integrated with Tampa Bay Water's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and central database. It will check incoming data for potential data issues and for water quality conditions that require additional consideration.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. supported Tampa Bay Water in the development of a microbial monitoring program to help identify and isolate issues related to water sources and delivery.

Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. has supported the commercial fishing industry through the entry, quality assurance, and management of fish dealer reports. CEC supported the fish dealers by organizing their data in federal data bases, performing quality assurance and control on the data, and ensuring compliance with federal reporting requirements.