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1-Day Free Workshops: Emergency Response Planning Workshops for Small and Medium Drinking Water UtilitiesOverview This workshop will cover the legislative requirements and EPA's guidance for community water systems to develop or update their emergency response plans. It will also provide a comprehensive review of EPA's recently released Response Protocol Toolbox: Planning for and Responding to Contamination Threats to Drinking Water Systems. Additionally, the workshop will offer a description of some of the other tools EPA is providing to assist with utility security concerns. These include the 'Laboratory Compendium' that is designed to assist utilities in selection of laboratories for analysis of emergency response samples and EPA's 'Water and Wastewater Security Product Guide.' The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 requires that drinking water utilities serving more than 3,300 people update or revise their Emergency Response Plans (ERP). While the deadline for large utilities (>100,000 customers) and the medium sized (50,000-100,000 customers) to submit their certification of ERP update to EPA has passed, small systems (3,300 to 50,000 customers) are currently within their update periods. The update should consider the various types of incidents that could occur as a result of malevolent acts (e.g. intentional contamination of water supplies, cyber attacks, physical assaults, intentional release of hazardous chemicals, etc.). The update should also address risks discovered during the utility's Vulnerability Assessment that was mandated under the same Act. Intended Audience: Small and Medium Drinking Water Utilities. Small systems serve 3,300 to 50,000 customers. Medium-sized utilities serve 50,000-100,000 customers.
Cost: Free Training Course or Workshop Duration: 1 day For More Information: Registration information is available at http://www.horsleywitten.com/epa Dates and Locations |
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