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Hurricane Katrina Revisited: Emergency Response for Public Water Supplies in 2005
Citation:
Patterson, C., C. Impellitteri, K. Fox, R. Haught, M. Meckes, AND J. Blannon. Hurricane Katrina Revisited: Emergency Response for Public Water Supplies in 2005. 13th CECIA-IAUPR Biennial Symposium, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, February 14 - 16, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
Hurricane Katrina resulted in damage and destruction to local water supplies in Mississippi and Louisiana affecting millions of people. Immediately following the devastation, a multidisciplinary team of 30 EPA emergency response, research, and water program personnel joined forces with local health and environmental officials to help residents with access to safe drinking water supplies from hurricane-ravaged parishes surrounding New Orleans, LA.
Description:
Hurricane Katrina resulted in damage and destruction to local water supplies in Mississippi and Louisiana affecting millions of people. Immediately following the devastation, a multidisciplinary team of 30 EPA emergency response, research, and water program personnel joined forces with local health and environmental officials to help residents with access to safe drinking water supplies from hurricane-ravaged parishes surrounding New Orleans, LA.