Battelle Awarded Task-Order Contract to Support EPA’s
Office of Water

In May 2005, EPA awarded Battelle a five-year, level-of-effort, task-order contract to provide general statistical support to programs within the Engineering and Analysis Division of the Office of Science and Technology within EPA’s Office of Water. For the past two decades, Battelle has provided technical support to water quality assessment and management programs for EPA and other agencies to help in regulating, protecting, and improving water resources and supplies in the United States. Battelle also serves as one of EPA’s premier statistical contractors, having held many task-order contracts with EPA over the past 25 years to provide statistical support to such areas as assessment of toxic substances.

Initially, the primary focus of this contract will be to provide technical support to EPA’s ongoing industrial effluent guidelines and limitations program, as well as to general program areas such as treatment and disposition of biosolids, biological and ecological assessment of water bodies, and monitoring of industrial effluents and water quality. Battelle will provide EPA with technical support in spatial and survey statistics, the design and evaluation of sampling plans and studies investigating the efficacy of chemical analysis techniques and industrial processes, and database and documentation support. EPA has specified that the contract may be used by offices outside of the Engineering and Analysis Division within EPA, when those organizations require technical support that falls within the scope of the contract.

For more information regarding this new contract, please contact Dr. Robert Lordo at (614) 424-4516, lordor@battelle.org.

Battelle is pleased to announce that Ms. Deborah Drum recently joined its Applied Coastal and Environmental Services group as a Program/Project Manager and Director of its West Palm Beach, Florida, office. Ms. Drum brings 15 years of experience and leadership in environmental stewardship and conservation to Battelle, with particular emphasis on Everglades restoration, watershed management, and interagency action planning designed to restore and protect coastal ecosystems. Her expertise includes analyzing environmental and marine policies and developing communication protocols to facilitate understanding between scientists and policy makers.

Ms. Drum comes to Battelle after 11 years at the South Florida Water Management District, where she most recently served as the Director of the Coastal Ecosystems Division. In addition to leading coastal sciences support activities, she also performed corporate, strategic planning, and multimillion- dollar budget oversight duties for coastal watersheds.

Ms. Drum’s career has included directing resources from the Florida state legislature to restore and protect the coastal ecosystems throughout south Florida and assuring accountability for the completion of water quality improvement projects. She was instrumental in developing strong interagency and nonprofit relationships throughout Florida that resulted in completion of priority coastal restoration projects and elevated the awareness of key coastal issues in south Florida. Ms. Drum earned an M.A. in marine affairs from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a B.A. in marine science affairs from the University of Miami. For more information, contact Ms. Deborah Drum at (561) 656-6304, drumd@battelle.org.