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Drinking Water Contamination Warning Systems: Water Utilities Driving Water Security Research
Author(s) -
Morley Kevin,
Janke Robert,
Murray Regan,
Fox Kim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb07954.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , homeland security , warning system , agency (philosophy) , vulnerability (computing) , water security , water quality , environmental planning , engineering , business , computer security , environmental science , environmental resource management , computer science , water resources , political science , telecommunications , finance , philosophy , epistemology , terrorism , biology , law , ecology
This article highlights the Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment (TEVA) Research Program, established in 2003 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Homeland Security Research Center to field questions concerning contamination warning systems (CWS) that are being developed by many water utilities. The article describes the partnership formed between the AWWA Water Utility Users Group and the TEVA Research Program to share information, data, and operational experiences. The article discusses two software tools that were developed and pilot‐tested through this partnership: TEVA‐SPOT (sensor placement optimization tool), a tool to identify the placement of optimal sensor locations, and CANARY, a tool to identify potential contamination incidents using real‐time water quality monitoring data.