Emergency Response
  Tabletop Exercises for
   Drinking Water and
     Wastewater Systems
EPA is making available a new CD product
entitled Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises
for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems.
The tabletop exercises on this CD were developed
to help train water and wastewater utility workers
in the application of their emergency response
plans. In total, twelve unique exercises can be created
from the CD from five basic event types: intentional
contamination, security breach, cyber security, physical attack,
and interdependency. Users are also encouraged to adapt the
materials on the CD to meet their own needs and objectives.

The exercises also contain secondary roles for health officials,
laboratories, fire, police, emergency medical services, and
local, state, and federal officials.  The training goal of the CD
is to strengthen the relationships  between a water supplier and
their emergency response team members and to enable water
suppliers to "test" their emergency response plans before an
actual incident occurs.
 Emergency Response Tabletop
Exercises for Drinking Water and
     Wastewater Systems
Information about the Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises for Drinking Water
and Wastewater Systems CD (EPA 817-C-05-001) is available on EPA's website
at http://www.epa.gov/watersecurity under "Tools and Technical Assistance."
Copies can also be obtained by calling 1-800-490-9198, sending an email to
ncepimal@one.net, or visiting http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/ordering.htm.
EPA817-F-05-004

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