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Response Protocol Toolbox: Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Threats and Incidents - Contamination Threat Management Guide
Overview This paper presents the overarching framework for management of contamination threats to the drinking water supply. The threat management process involves two parallel and interrelated activities: evaluating the threat, and making decisions regarding appropriate actions to take in response to the threat. The primary focus of the threat evaluation is public health (i.e., has the water been contaminated at levels of public health concern?). However, the threat evaluation should also consider other potential consequences of a contamination incident such as infrastructure damage, adverse impacts on the aesthetic qualities of the drinking water, and reduced consumer confidence.
| Publisher | United States Environmental Protection Agency | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | December 2003 | Downloads | 1 |
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