|
DWSP Partnership Home
Pathogens
New Contaminants
Disinfection By-products
Early Warning/Emergency Response
Calendar of Events
How You Can Help
Contact DWSP Partnership
About the Logo
|
Early Warning System/Emergency
Response
Sudden events can occur which threaten the safety of our
water supply. A waste water treatment plant may accidentally
discharge water containing raw sewage into the Potomac River
. A tractor-trailer truck transporting hazardous chemicals
may overturn and spill its contents into a Potomac tributary.
An oil pipeline may rupture and release thousands of gallons
of petroleum product into a basin stream. The Potomac DWSPP’s
Early Warning System/Emergency Response Workgroup helps Partnership
members prepare for spills or other events that may affect
their water supplies, and helps them keep abreast of regional
efforts to safeguard our water supply from accidental or intentional
releases of contaminants.
Partnership
Activities
-
Annual emergency spill response exercise, using RiverSpill
computer simulation model, and MWCOG Regional Incident
Communication and Coordination System (RICCS)
-
Potomac basin hazardous liquids pipeline safety review
Related
activities by Partnership members and participating organizations
-
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
(ICPRB) provides quick information to water utilities
on how and when a contaminant release may have an impact
on their source water . When notified by local or state
authorities of a contaminant spill into the Potomac River
or one of its tributaries, ICPRB uses the RiverSpill computer
simulation model to estimate the times at which downstream
water supply intakes may be affected, and informs affected
water utilities.
-
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
(MWCOG) has developed a Regional
Emergency Coordination Plan, which includes a Public
Works and Engineering component (R-ESF #3) to facilitate
communication and coordination among jurisdictions concerning
regional water supply, wastewater, and solid waste during
and after a potential or actual regional emergency.
More
information about emergency response/early warning systems:
Contamination
Warning Systems for Water , by J.A. Roberson and K.M.
Morley, American Water Works Association, 2005.
RiverSpill:
A National Application for Drinking Water Protection
For more information about the DWSP Partnership, please contact
Cherie Schultz at
(301) 984-1908 ext.120.
PDF documents linked above may be viewed using
free Adobe
Reader (Windows/Mac/Linux/Mobile - <22MB)
or free Foxit
Reader (Windows - 2MB)
|
