Category: Environment Subcategory: homeland security
EPA's homeland security research is helping to protect human health and the environment from intentional acts of ...
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Last Update: Mon Jun 2 03:26:08 2008 | | + CANARY, Event Detection Software +
Anomalous water quality results can indicate the onset of a contamination incident. For this reason, water utilities must be able to ... |
| + Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment: Sensor Placement Software +
Water distribution networks deliver drinking water to consumers through systems of pipes, valves, pumps, and tanks. Within these [...] various locations, such as fire stations, schools, hospitals, public buildings, publicly owned infrastructure, and even private homes. |
| + Chemical Degradation Products +
Chemical warfare agents (CWAs) have been used in the past to incapacitate and kill, and their potential use in a homeland security ... |
| + Vulnerability Assessment +
In 2003, the National Homeland Security Research Center’s Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment (TEVA) research program was [...] of contamination events on water utility distribution systems and to help develop techniques and methods to reduce these impacts. |
| + EPANET Extended to Include Multi-Species Modeling +
EPANET is used in homeland security research to model contamination threats to water systems. Historically, EPANET has been limited to [...] storage tanks. EPANET did not consider interactions between bulk species in the water or the surface species fixed to the pipe wall. |
| + Tucson Water Study +
Tucson Water is an innovative and advanced municipal drinking water system that serves nearly 700,000 customers. Through an EPA [...] Tracking (EMPACT) grant, online monitors have been providing near real-time water quality data to the public for several years. |
| + All Hazards Receipt Facilities +
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with support from EPA, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Federal Bureau of Investigation [...] Facilities (AHRFs) for prescreening unknown and potentially hazardous samples collected under unusual or suspicious circumstances. |
| + Building Retrofits +
TA new report provides owners, managers, engineers, and other decision makers with information about various building retrofit options ... |
| + Chemical Wipe Sampling +
The collection of surface contaminants, referred to as "wipe sampling," is an important technique for government agencies and the ... |
| + Message Mapping +
Message mapping is a science-based risk communication tool that enables members of the emergency response and environmental protection ... |
| + Sampling Radiochemical Analytes +
A radiological sampling procedure is now available to environmental sampling teams assisting the EPA with characterizing, remediating, ... |
| + Animal Disease and Agro-Terrorism +
EPA is conducting several projects concerning foreign animal disease (FAD) pathogens, agricultural terrorism, and agriculture disaster ... |
| + Blast Vulnerability Workshop +
On Wednesday, March 8, 2007, in Washington, D.C., the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) will host a workshop on the ... |
| + Contaminant Data Dictionary +
EPA has developed an electronic data dictionary with information on a priority list of contaminants. This dictionary can help risk ... |
| + Online Water Quality Monitoring +
EPA is building upon and expanding current monitoring programs in order to develop robust, comprehensive, and fully coordinated ... |
| + Chemical Detection Technologies +
EPA has released new evaluation reports on recently tested chemical detection technologies, including products by Cerex Environmental ... |
| + Anthrax Spores on Indoor Surfaces +
Bacterial endospores can survive in the environment for an extended time, and are resistant to a wide variety of treatments such as [...] ultraviolet light, γ-irradiation, wet/dry heat, ozone, aqueous solutions and mixtures, gels, and gases have been evaluated. |
| + Liquid Decontamination Technologies +
Current EPA research is focusing on the evaluation of commercially available technologies for decontaminating indoor surfaces in or ... |
| + EPA's Emergency Advisory Team +
Bombs and hijackings are dramatic terrorist weapons, but chemical, biological, or radiological agents can inflict greater damage on a [...] and delivery methods can be used, and the level of public alarm is always high for these unconventional weapons of mass destruction. |
| + Provisional Advisory Levels for Hazardous Agents +
EPA is developing health-based provisional advisory level (PAL) values for high-priority chemical, biological, and radiological [...] decision-making. PALs are threshold exposure limits for the general public, including susceptible and sensitive subpopulations. |
| + HVAC In-Duct UV Light Systems +
Sophisticated computer programs are one type of tool available for monitoring changes in public health. The programs look for patterns [...] use these electronic public health syndromic surveillance (PHSS) system programs to help identify potential disease outbreaks early. |
| + Extending Public Health Surveillance to Water Quality +
Sophisticated computer programs are one type of tool available for monitoring changes in public health. The programs look for patterns [...] use these electronic public health syndromic surveillance (PHSS) system programs to help identify potential disease outbreaks early. |
| + Water Sector Security Workshops +
Because safe drinking water and properly treated wastewater are critical to modern life, the federal government has identified the [...] of water security, outline common challenges, and identify what is most needed to better protect the nation’s water infrastructure. |
| + Tools for Managing Water Quality +
The nation’s water utilities treat nearly 34 billion gallons of water every day, using an assortment of treatment methods to remove [...] System Analysis: Field Studies, Modeling, and Management describes these tools—and how to apply them—in useful detail. |
| + EPA's QSAR/VFAR Workshop +
Risk assessment is often conducted using limited experimental data. In such instances, the ability to accurately and quickly predict ... |
| + Thermal Treatment of Building Decontamination Residue +
The building decontamination residues (BDRs) destined for disposal may be parts of a structure or its contents, or waste from the [...] EPA researchers are investigating how various materials and their contaminants behave during these two high-temperature treatments. |
| + Point-of-Use/Point-of-Entry Treatment Devices +
Point-of-use (POU) devices are designed to purify only that portion of incoming water that is being used for drinking and cooking [...] coming into a house or facility. What are the capabilities of these devices for treating or capturing the most likely contaminants? |
| + Aerosol Test Facility at Research Triangle Park +
EPA’s Aerosol Test Facility (ATF) is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. It is available to outside agencies and [...] engineers, and product designers can obtain highly accurate data that will form a scientifically sound basis for their decisions. |
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