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Robust Sampling and Lab Prep Bolster Incident Response
Author(s) -
Hedrick Elizabeth,
Miller Rod
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2017.43.0032
Subject(s) - bolster , contamination , sampling (signal processing) , incident response , environmental science , environmental health , computer science , engineering , medicine , biology , computer security , telecommunications , ecology , mechanical engineering , detector
Early detection of distribution system contamination, combined with effective response actions, can mitigate a community's public health and economic consequences. Sampling and analysis is one of the earliest utility‐led response actions performed when contamination is suspected ‐ and is continued if contamination is confirmed.