U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Reduces Contamination Risks in American Drinking Water Systems
Citation:
Berry, J., E. bowman, W. E. Hart, R. J. JANKE, K. Morley, R. MURRAY, C. A. Phillips, L. Riesen, T. N. Taxon, J. Uber, AND J. Watson. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Reduces Contamination Risks in American Drinking Water Systems. INTERFACES. Informs, Linthicum, MD, 39(1):57-68, (2009).
Impact/Purpose:
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the TEVA Research Program to counter threats against water systems. The focus of the TEVA Research Program is on contamination warning systems (CWSs) that enable water utilities to rapidly detect the presence of contaminants in drinking water. Through collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Cincinnati, EPA developed the TEVA Sensor Placement Optimization Tool (TEVA-SPOT) to design CWSs for large-scale water distribution networks. By partnering with member utilities of the American Water Works Association, CWSs developed with TEVA-SPOT have been deployed at four U.S. water utilities, and deployments are planned at five more utilities in 2008. These new systems will significantly reduce the impact of catastrophic contamination incidents; the median reduction of fatalities for these utilities is 50% and the corresponding reduction of economic impacts due to fatalities is over six billion dollars.
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U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REDUCES CONTAMINATION RISKS IN AMERICAN DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS