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Strategic Consulting Services
ADVANCING PFAS
SOLUTIONSBeyond Compliance. Beyond Conventional.
EnSafe combines technical expertise and strategic insight to support
confident PFAS decisions, from discovery to long-term management.
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PFAS SOLUTIONS
SCIENCE. STRATEGY. CLARITY.
EnSafe combines technical expertise and strategic insight to bring clarity to complex PFAS challenges. New analytical methods are emerging, treatment technologies are advancing, and organizations across every industry are being asked to make complex decisions before all the facts are in.
Navigating that takes more than sampling and compliance support. It takes a strategic understanding of PFAS sources, behavior, risks, liabilities, and long-term management options. That is where we come in.
Our multidisciplinary team pairs traditional environmental consulting with advanced PFAS analytics, modeling, and federal research leadership, so you can move past simply identifying PFAS impacts and toward effective, long-term solutions.
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Sectors we serve
Public and private clients across the federal, state, municipal, industrial, and legal sectors.
Private Sector
Protecting Business Value. Managing Regulatory Risk. Enabling Growth.
EnSafe helps industrial and commercial clients understand PFAS liabilities, maintain compliance, support transactions, and develop defensible strategies that reduce risk and support long-term business objectives.
- Legal counsel
- PRP groups
- Manufacturing
- Commercial and consumer products
- Waste management
Public Sector
Protecting Communities. Navigating Compliance. Managing Public Resources.
EnSafe helps federal, state, and local agencies assess PFAS impacts, comply with evolving regulations, secure funding, and implement practical solutions that protect public health and environmental resources.
- DoW installations and federal programs
- Airports and transportation authorities
- Municipalities
- State regulatory agencies
- Public utilities
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How we help
From discovery to long-term management
Six integrated capabilities, one multidisciplinary team, delivering clear, defensible answers at every stage of the PFAS lifecycle.
01Strategic Advisory, Compliance & Product Stewardship
Anticipate regulatory change, manage liabilities, and build long-term PFAS strategies across operations, products, and transactions.
- ■Regulatory strategy
- ■Due diligence / transaction support
- ■Product stewardship
- ■Supplier and material evaluations
- ■TSCA / TRI / Prop 65
- ■NPDES / pretreatment
- ■Source reduction / substitution
- ■AFFF transition strategy
02Investigation & Characterization
Defensible multimedia investigations built on sound data quality objectives, sampling plans, and QA programs.
- ■Site investigation
- ■Multimedia sampling
- ■Conceptual site models
- ■Fate and transport
- ■Drinking water impacts
- ■Risk assessment
- ■AFFF release characterization
03Forensics & Decision Support
Chemical fingerprinting and multiple lines of evidence that answer the hard source and liability questions.
- ■Source attribution
- ■Historical release reconstruction
- ■Allocation / contribution
- ■Litigation / expert support
- ■Independent technical review
- ■Visualization / weight-of-evidence evaluation
04Modeling & Predictive Analytics
Forecast how PFAS will move and how remedies will perform before you commit to a decision.
- ■Fate and transport modeling
- ■Remedy performance forecasting
- ■Site-specific criteria
- ■Vadose-zone modeling
- ■Mass-discharge evaluation
- ■Scenario analysis / visualization
05Remediation & Optimization
Practical, site-specific remedies, from feasibility study and design through long-term management.
- ■Feasibility studies
- ■Treatability / bench / pilot testing
- ■Treatment design
- ■In-situ barriers
- ■Remedy optimization
- ■Waste management / disposal
- ■Long-term management
06Technology Transfer, Training & Implementation
Putting emerging PFAS science into practice for clients, regulators, and project teams.
- ■DoW e-learning
- ■Client / regulator training
- ■Webinars / publications / technical guidance
- ■Research-to-practice implementation
- ■Standardized workflows and best practices
Advanced Capabilities and Applied Research that Set Us Apart.
Advanced modeling, research leadership, site-specific testing, and applied federal research give our clients deeper insight into PFAS behavior, remedy performance, and long-term risk.
Visual PFAS™
Advanced visualization and data management for PFAS site characterization and fingerprinting.
ISR Model™
In-situ remediation modeling to design barriers and forecast their performance and longevity.
PFAS LEACH
Site-specific evaluation of PFAS leaching potential to support soil criteria, source-management decisions, and long-term risk evaluation.
HYDRUS
Vadose-zone modeling to evaluate PFAS migration from soil to groundwater and support site-specific decision-making.
Reactive Transport
Predictive PFAS transport modeling used to evaluate source behavior, remedial performance, and long-term outcomes.
Site-Specific Batch Testing
Custom lab and in-situ testing to support site-specific remedial decisions.
ESTCP
Leveraging DoW environmental research and technology demonstrations.
SERDP
Applying DoW environmental research to complex, real-world PFAS challenges.
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Why EnSafe for PFAS
Integrated science, engineering, analytics, and applied research
EnSafe combines nationwide project delivery with specialized PFAS expertise in investigation, forensics, predictive modeling, remediation, compliance, and product stewardship. Our team applies lessons from federal research, complex site investigations, commercial programs, and litigation support to help clients make practical, defensible decisions.
01More than a decade of PFAS experience
Supporting DoW PFAS programs since 2013, long before PFAS became a national regulatory priority.
02Advanced modeling, visualization, and forensics
Proprietary Visual PFAS™ and ISR Model™ tools, plus chemical fingerprinting and source attribution.
03SERDP/ESTCP research translated into field practice
Findings from the federal research our staff help lead shape how we investigate and remediate client sites.
04Integrated environmental, engineering, EHS, and technology capabilities
One team from strategy through remediation and long-term management, with GR2 for construction and decommissioning.
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Our people
Meet Our PFAS Leaders
Dan Longbrake
National Commercial Business Development Director / PFAS Practice Market LeadLeads national PFAS commercialization, client engagement, and strategic partnerships.
Bridget Morello, PE
Director of Remediation, Industrial Wastewater and Process EngineeringNational leadership for PFAS remediation, treatment, industrial wastewater, engineering, and program delivery.
David Warren, PG
Principal / Vice President, Scientific ServicesProvides leadership for PFAS strategy, investigation, conceptual site models, and integrated technical delivery.
Grant Carey, PhD, P.Eng.
Modeling, Predictive Analytics & Innovation SMEDeveloper of the ISR Model™ and co-developer of Visual PFAS™; SERDP/ESTCP senior investigator.
Ioana G. Petrisor, PhD
Forensics LeadChief Chemist and nationally recognized environmental forensics specialist with expertise in PFAS chemical fingerprinting, source attribution, and litigation support.
Backed by our National PFAS Workgroup: engineers, hydrogeologists, chemists, toxicologists, risk assessors, technology specialists, and GR2 construction personnel across the U.S. and Canada.