Cincinnati's Drinking Water Contamination Warning Systemgoes Through Full-scale Exercise

摘要

On Oct. 1, 2008, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), under its Water Security (WS) initiative, conducted a full-scale exercise of the Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) contamination warning system and associated consequence management plan. The exercise was a scenario-driven, realtime simulation that implemented GCWW and local response partner agency protocols for detecting and responding to a drinking water contamination incident. More than 50 people from 10 agencies participated in this large-scale exercise.