About Us

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to institutions of higher learning to establish and operate small public water systems technology assistance centers (TACs). ATTAC is one of the eight regional centers funded. Together, the TACs and state and federal regulatory agencies work with small water systems to assist them in acquiring and maintaining the technical, managerial, and financial capacity needed to consistently provide safe drinking water and meet the public health protection goals of the SDWA.

The technology assistance centers form a network with a common goal: to protect public health, improve water system sustainability, and enhance compliance. The TACs address the needs of small public water systems, including systems that serve Indian tribes, by applying university resources in the following areas:

• technology verification
• pilot and field testing of innovative technologies
• training and technical assistance.

Pictured from left to right above: Jim McCauley, Tim Anderson, Nicole Duclos, Craig Woolard, Dan White. Not pictured: Andy Holt and John Carnegie.

Tim Anderson, Director/Trainer
Telephone: (907) 747-7755

Nicole Duclos, Program Coordinator
Toll Free in Alaska: (888) 750-3823
Or (907) 747-7756

Andy Holt, Instructional Designer

Research Contacts:
Nyrée McDonald, PhD, UAA
Dan White, PE, PhD, UAF

Special Projects:
John Carnegie, PhD