AWWA WSC61373

AWWA WSC61373 Responding to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD 9): Water Sentinel System Architecture Overview
Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 04/10/2005

Robiou, Grace

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This paper discusses a drinking water monitoring and surveillance program (Water Sentinel) and a laboratory netwrok tht would support it through the formation of an alliance of drinking water laboratories, the Water Laboratory Alliance, with the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). Specifically, the system will utilize information fromwater quality monitoring, public health surveillance, consumer complaint tracking, and otherthreat warnings. The design of the Water Sentinel contamination warning system will considerthe following elements:reliability of each information stream;the time between the contamination incident and receipt of each information stream; the number and type of contaminants that might be covered by each system component; and, resource requirements for each system component.