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Integrated Wash-Aid, Treatment, and Emergency Reuse System (IWATERS) for Mitigation of Soluble and Particulate Contaminants
Citation:
Magnuson, M., S. Lee, AND M. Kaminski. Integrated Wash-Aid, Treatment, and Emergency Reuse System (IWATERS) for Mitigation of Soluble and Particulate Contaminants. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/S-19/142, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
The Integrated Wash-Aid, Treatment, and Emergency Reuse System (IWATERS) for Mitigation of Soluble and Particulate Contaminants is designed to reduce the external dose from contamination on vehicles and urban surfaces while simultaneously decreasing the spread of contamination and treating wash-down water to ensure an adequate water supply for public consumption and continued mitigation and decontamination operations across a wide area. It also will mitigate radiological contamination from surfaces (e.g., external walls and roofs of buildings), outdoor surfaces such as roads and paved areas, and vehicles) within inhabited areas and other areas where these surfaces are present.
Description:
This study is designed to reduce the external dose from contamination on vehicles and urban surfaces while simultaneously decreasing the spread of contamination and treating wash-down water to ensure an adequate water supply for public consumption and continued mitigation and decontamination operations across a wide area.