USEPA Research on Premise Plumbing Infrastructure Decontamination: Increasing the resilience of home and building owners after water system contamination events
Citation:
Szabo, Jeff. USEPA Research on Premise Plumbing Infrastructure Decontamination: Increasing the resilience of home and building owners after water system contamination events. Energy Exchange, Cincinnati, OH, October 25 - 27, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
A drinking water contamination event, whether intentional or accidental, may result in human exposure to chemicals, radionuclides, and pathogens. A potential major source of contamination is through premise plumbing in homes and buildings connected to a main water distribution system via service lines. Premise plumbing include various devices used multiple times a day throughout a building such as hot water heaters, showers, sinks and toilets. Remediating such devices after a contamination event is the sole responsibility of home and building owners.
Description:
This is a presentation for the Energy Exchange Conference in Cincinnati, OH Oct. 25-27. This presentation will discuss premise plumbing infrastructure remediation technologies that could assist home and building owners in removing contaminants immediately following a disaster. It will include the impacts of wildfires on premise plumbing and an overview of the full-scale premise plumbing system used to conduct research.