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Incident Command Tool for Protecting Drinking Water (ICWater)

ICWater helps incident commanders rapidly assess and respond to drinking water threats from chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants. It tracks contaminants to water intakes, aiding in strategic decision-making during emergencies.

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Incident Command Tool for Protecting Drinking Water (ICWater)

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  1. Incident Command Tool forProtecting Drinking Water(ICWater) Doug Ryan USDA Forest Service Olympia, WA

  2. Purpose • Make critical information rapidly available to incident commanders who would direct first responders. • Protect the public during a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) attack or accidental spill to a drinking water source.

  3. Incident Commander Requirements • Protect Human Health • Threat: Toxic Substance in Surface Water • Rapidly assess worst case • National Coverage

  4. Priority Questions • Where is contaminant going? • Are drinking water intakes on path? • When will it get there? • Will contaminant level pose risk?

  5. ICWater Partners • USDA Forest Service • Linkage to Incident Commanders • Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) • Compatibility with existing consequence assessment tools • Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) • Training MOU with USFS • Operation and maintenance • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • HAZMAT Sites • Flow volume and velocity • United States Geological Survey (USGS) • National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) • Time of travel dye studies • Real-time stream flow • Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin • Comparisons with dye studies and other transport models

  6. Incident Command Tool (ICWater)Concept of Operations HAZUS CoBRA CATS Local IncidentCommanders Strategic DecisionMakers Emergency Response Analyzer ICWater (RiverSpill) Monitoring Stream Flow ResponseActions

  7. Integrated Capabilities • Public Water Supply Intakes • Real-time river network (NHD) • Chem/Bio/Rad Agent Data • Roads, bridges, dams, pipelines • Hospitals, schools, fire stations etc. • Potential sources of contaminants

  8. Downstream Analysis • Where is contaminant going? • Are drinking water intakes on path? • When will it get there? • In what concentration?

  9. Downstream Trace

  10. Downstream Analysis Report Animation

  11. Upstream Analysis • Where could contaminant come from? • What are potential contaminant sources?

  12. Upstream Trace Report

  13. ICWater Summary • Helps Incident Commanders assess and respond to spills • Tracks water contaminants to drinking water intakes • Capability: chemical, biological & radioactive substances • Software and training available from DTRA

  14. http://eh2o.saic.com/icwater

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