This powerpoint presentation begins by providing the utility laboratory role in an emergency response, and emergency response planning for utility laboratories. The six modules of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Response Protocol Toolbox (RPTB) are presented and include:
Module 1: Planning;
Module 2: Contamination;
Threat Management;
Module 3: Site
Characterization and
Sampling;
Module 4: Sample Analysis;
Module 5: Public Health
Measures; and,
Module 6: Remediation and
Recovery. A case study is provided of Laboratory Emergency Response
Planning at the Philadelphia Water Department.