SBIR/STTR Research Award
IMPROVEMENTS
Award amount
$39,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Abt Associates Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- X1ZXL81Y8E18
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH RISKS EMANATING FROM CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACTS OF WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS ON HOUSEHOLD WATER BILLS. FACTORS AFFECTING HOUSEHOLD WATER BILLS VARY SYSTEMATICALLY FROM PLACE TO PLACE. BY MODELING THESE FACTORS IT IS POSSIBLE TOPREDICT IMPACTS FROM IMPLEMENTING CONTAMINANT REMOVAL MEASURES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOCUSES ON: 1) IMPROVEMENTS TO A STATISTICAL MODEL OF WATER UTILITY COSTS AND PRICES AND RESIDENTIAL WATER USAGE, AND 2) LINKAGE OF THIS MODEL TO A DATA BASE ON CONTAMINANT OCCURRENCE AND CONTAMINANT REMOVAL COSTS. ITEM 1 IS EMPHASIZED IN PHASE I.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–1986). Reported award amounts total $69,000. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I
Agencies: Department of Education, National Science Foundation
Contractor profile
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