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Protecting Public Health and the Distribution System—Optimizing Consequence Management Procedures in a CWS
Author(s) -
Fencil Jeffrey F.,
Lee Yeongho,
Swertfeger Jeff,
Noble Tom
Publication year - 2011
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.1551-8833.2011.tb11470.x
Subject(s) - preparedness , column (typography) , contamination , health security , warning system , environmental science , computer security , computer science , public health , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , political science , business , medicine , nursing , telecommunications , law , ecology , frame (networking) , biology
In the April JOURNAL's Security and Preparedness column, “Developing SOPs for the Investigation of Distribution System Contamination,” Allgeier and co‐authors discussed the importance of having established procedures that guide the day‐to‐day monitoring of a contamination warning system (CWS) and the investigation that follows an alert. The article in this month's Security and Preparedness column highlights examples and lessons learned from the CWS pilot program in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is primarily operated by the Greater Cincinnati Water Works. The information is presented as a series of questions and answers that arise during a fictional contamination incident.