Guidance for Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Incidents
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Course Highlights
This online engineering PDH interactive presentation focuses on providing guidance for drinking water utilities and their response partners to help them prepare for responding to incidents of contamination in the distribution system which was developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The course presents a framework for responding to distribution system contamination incidents, discusses the fundamental concepts of consequence management, highlights the need for coordinating efforts with local, state, regional, and federal response partners, and describes the use of training and exercises for learning and improving response procedures. The overall goal of this guidance is to assist utilities with planning and creating a contamination incident response procedure that supplements a utility’s Emergency Response Plan.
The presentation gives an overview of contamination incident response. Drinking water contamination can result in a number of adverse consequences to the public and the distribution system. It also examines the fundamentals of contamination incident response. The Distribution System Contamination Response Procedure (DSCRP) focuses on the activities to perform during a water contamination incident and the steps that a utility can take to prepare for those activities. The course also highlights the importance of coordinated management of the incident and effective communication among those involved to ensure a successful investigation, response, and remediation of a contamination incident. The presentation further explores that the ability to effectively implement the concepts, guidance, and procedures of a DSCRP requires that the personnel responsible for responding be trained on the DSCRP and supporting procedures.
This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for environmental engineers, engineers responsible for water system operations, public health managers, and professionals involved in water safety and response plans.
The course presents a framework for responding to distribution system contamination incidents, discusses the fundamental concepts of consequence management, highlights the need for coordinating efforts with local, state, regional, and federal response partners, and describes the use of training and exercises for learning and improving response procedures. The overall goal of this guidance is to assist utilities with planning and creating a contamination incident response procedure that supplements a utility’s Emergency Response Plan.
The presentation gives an overview of contamination incident response. Drinking water contamination can result in a number of adverse consequences to the public and the distribution system. It also examines the fundamentals of contamination incident response. The Distribution System Contamination Response Procedure (DSCRP) focuses on the activities to perform during a water contamination incident and the steps that a utility can take to prepare for those activities. The course also highlights the importance of coordinated management of the incident and effective communication among those involved to ensure a successful investigation, response, and remediation of a contamination incident. The presentation further explores that the ability to effectively implement the concepts, guidance, and procedures of a DSCRP requires that the personnel responsible for responding be trained on the DSCRP and supporting procedures.
This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for environmental engineers, engineers responsible for water system operations, public health managers, and professionals involved in water safety and response plans.
Learning Objectives
This continuing education interactive presentation is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Learning to respond to incidents of contamination in the distribution system.
- Exploring and discussing the fundamental concepts of consequence management.
- Understanding the need for coordinating efforts with local, state, regional, and federal response partners.
- Knowing the importance of the use of training and exercises for learning and improving response procedures.
Course Document
For this course, you will need to go through the interactive presentation "Guidance for Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Incidents". To access the presentation, you will need to log in or register and purchase the course. Following the course purchase, please click on the link provided in your account to view the presentation. The duration of this presentation is approximately 73 minutes.
Course Quiz
Once you finish watching the PDH interactive presentation, you will be redirected to your account to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of (10) questions to earn 2 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on this interactive presentation.
The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
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