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DRINKING
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DWA
Winter 2005
DWA DEVELOPING WATER FY 2004 SEES THE DRINKING WATER ACADEMY
SYSTEM REGULATORY COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
GUIDANCE
DWA PI LOT TESTS
COMPLIANCE COURSE
DRINKING WATER
ACADEMY CONTACTS
TRAINING COURSE
SCHEDULE
DWA OFFERS COURSE IN
SECURITY RISK
COMMUNICATION
DWA ADVISORY BOARD
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
IN DC
DWA COMPLETES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PLAN VIDEO
DWA DELIVERS UIC
INSPECTOR TRAINING IN
PUERTO RICO
On The Cover: An inspector for the
Underground Injection Control (UIC)
program of Puerto Rico demonstrates the use
of testing equipment at the
UIC Inspector Training and Certification
course. (Mario Salazar photo)
The Drinking Water Academy
(DWA) team was honored in
FY 2004 with EPA Bronze
Medals. The medals recog-
nized the great strides the
DWA has made in increasing
the amount and quality of
training provided to EPA and
state drinking water staff.
DWA training covers all
aspects of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) and ranges
from introductory to regulatory
to technical training courses.
The DWA currently offers 67
different courses.
In FY 2004, the DWA com-
pleted 68 training deliveries,
including 23 Web conferences,
3 deliveries for EPA's Water
Careers program, and 9
sanitary survey trainings. Web
conferences are a cost-
effective alternative for
participants and a way for the
DWA to reach more people.
The DWA completed develop-
ment of two versions of the
Electronic Sanitary Survey
(ESS) software: one for
Personal Digital Assistants
(PDAs) and one for Tablet PCs.
A conference in Austin, Texas,
showcased the ESS and the
Class V underground injection
control software. The meeting
highlighted the various ways in
which the software has been
adapted, and the way small
electronics are being used to
support the safe drinking
water and water system
security programs.
The DWA continued its efforts
to address security issues at
small water systems. In FY
2004, the DWA completed an
addendum to the Sanitary
Survey Learner's Guide that
addresses security issues and
conducted a Web conference
on the topic. The Academy
also completed two videos for
small water systems, one on
vulnerability assessments and
one on emergency response
plans. (See related story on
page 5.)
In FY 2005, the DWA will
continue to pursue two goals
first articulated in FY 2004:
i*Q Increase the use of
advanced communication
technologies to support
training activities.
i*Q Continue to integrate water
system security issues
into sanitary survey and
other drinking water
training.
The DWA will continue to use
Web conferences as its
primary means of delivering
training. The Academy will
maintain its current level of
deliveries and continue to
increase the number of course
offerings. The DWA also will
continue to enhance the utility
of the ESS. Support for
security issues at small water
systems also will remain a
priority.
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Winter 2005
DWA DEVELOPING WATER SYSTEM REGULATORY GUIDANCE
The Drinking Water Academy is
assisting EPA Region 8 and the
State of Colorado in developing
regulatory guidance docu-
ments for water system
operators. Each guidance will
provide, in one place and in
plain English, all Safe Drinking
Water Act regulatory require-
ments applicable to the water
system. A separate guide is
being developed for each of
the following water system
types:
i*Q Community surface water
systems.
i*Q Community ground water
systems.
i*Q Transient non-community
surface water systems.
j*D Transient non-community
ground water systems.
i*Q Non-transient non-
community surface water
systems.
i*Q Non-transient non-
community ground water
systems.
The requirements will also be
broken down by system size in
each guide, where this is
relevant.
The DWA is creating basic
guidances with the federal
regulations in 40 CFR Part 141
and will then modify them to
include Colorado's require-
ments. Other states will be
able to take the basic federal
guidances (which will be in
Word format) and modify them
to their own standards where
they are different. States can
use their primacy crosswalks
as a starting point to identify
where their regulations differ
from the federal regulations.
The federal versions are
expected to be available during
the summer of 2005.
DWA PILOT TESTS COMPLIANCE
COURSE
The DWA piloted the course
Steps to a Successful
Regulatory Compliance
Program during the annual
DWA Advisory Board meeting.
The course is being developed
specifically for Webcasts. It
discusses the necessary
components of a public water
DRINKING WATER ACADEMY CONTACTS
Contact
Jackie LeClair
Norma Ortega
Rick Rogers
Janine Morris
Bill Spaulding
Bill Davis
Stephanie Lindberg
Dan Jackson
Barry Pollock
Bill Chamberlain
Mark Anderson
Debra Cerda
Stew Thornley
Murlene Lash
James Bourne
Location
EPA Region 1
EPA Region 2
EPA Regions
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EPAHQ
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Telephone
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(202)564-3818
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E-mail
leclair.jackie@epa.gov
ortega.norma@epa.gov
rogers.rick@epa.gov
morris.janine@epa.gov
spaulding.william@epa.gov
davis.williamh@epa.gov
lindberg.stephanie@epa.gov
jackson.dan@epa.gov
pollock.barry@epa.gov
chamberlain.william@epa.gov
manderson@vdh.state.va.us
dcerda@tceq.state.tx.us
stew.thornley@health.state.mn.us
lash.murlene@epa.gov
bourne.james@epa.gov
supply compliance and
enforcement program, and it
provides information to help
new compliance staff suc-
cessfully pursue compliance
activities. Topics covered
include:
i*Q Know your law, rules, and
regulations.
i*Q Identify your regulated
community.
i*Q Encourage compliance.
i*Q Learn about your regula-
tory compliance strategy.
i*Q Assess compliance.
i*Q Select and prioritize
compliance responses.
i*Q Initiate and support
compliance responses.
The Advisory Board members
provided feedback on the
course, which will be revised
to reflect their comments. A
second pilot is anticipated in
March. The final course will be
presented as a Webcast
during the summer of 2005.
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TRAINING COURSE SCHEDULE
Course Title
Audience
Schedule
Location
Contact
Sanitary Survey Training
Hawaii sanitary survey
inspectors
Jan. 24-27,2005 Maui, HI
Bill Wong
(808)586-4259
waterbill@aol.com
SDWIS Federal Reporting (Fed Rep) State SDWIS staff
and Operational Data System (ODS)
Jan. 25,2005 Web conference Abe Siegel
(202)564-4637
siegel.abraham@epa.gov
Sanitary Survey Training
Hawaii sanitary survey
inspectors
Feb. 1-4,2005 Hilo, HI
Bill Wong
(808)586-4259
waterbill@aol.com
Security Risk Communication
Hawaii drinking water staff Feb. 2-4,2005 Maui, HI
Bill Wong
(808)586-4259
waterbill@aol.com
Security Risk Communication
Hawaii drinking water staff Feb. 7 & 8,2005 Hilo, HI
Bill Wong
(808)586-4259
waterbill@aol.com
Security Risk Communication
State drinking water staff
Feb. 10 & 11,2005 Kona, HI
Bill Wong
(808)586-4259
waterbill@aol.com
Introduction to Capacity
Development
Federal and state drinking Mar. 2,2005
water staff
Web Conference
Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
Introduction to EPA's Drinking
Water Source Protection Programs
Federal and state source water Mar. 9,2005
protection staff
Web Conference
Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
Sanitary Survey Training
State sanitary survey
inspectors
March 14-17,2005 Boise, ID
Chris Levelle
(208)373-0486
clevelle@deq.state.id.us
Electronic Sanitary Survey Training
State sanitary survey
inspectors
Mar. 17 & 18,2005 Boise, ID
Chris Levelle
(208)373-0486
clevelle@deq.state.id.us
Source Water Contamination
Prevention Measures
State and federal source water Apr. 13,2005 Web Conference
protection staff
Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
Introduction to the Safe Drinking
Water Act
Federal and state drinking May 11,2005 Web conference
water staff
Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
Sanitary Survey Training
Military sanitary survey
inspectors
May 24-27,2005 Fort Hood, TX
Bill Davis
(214)665-7526
davis.williamh@epa.gov
Introduction to the Public Water
System Supervision (PWSS)
Program
Federal and state drinking May 25,2005 Web conference
water staff
Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
Assessing Capacity through
Sanitary Surveys
State sanitary survey
inspectors
Jun. 1,2005 Web conference Drinking Water Academy
dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
American Government Roles New federal and state drinking Jun. 8 & 9,2005 Washington, DC Jamie Bourne
water staff ' (202)564-4095
bourne.james@epa.gov
DWA courses may be presented as requested. See the course catalog on the DWA Web site for more information (www.epa.gov/
safewater/dwa/course.html).
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DWA OFFERS COURSE IN SECURITY RISK
COMMUNICATION
Good communication during an
emergency or crisis is critical
to successfully handling the
event and protecting public
health. The public must know
what the security threat is,
how it is being addressed,
what risks they face, and how
to mitigate those risks, if
possible. Organizations
responding to different
aspects of a security threat
must also communicate
effectively with each other.
The Drinking Water Academy is
offering a course to address
these issues.
SDWA Security Risk Commu-
nication builds on the existing
SDWA Risk Communication
course, which the DWA has
offered for the past 3 years.
The 2-day course covers
principles of risk communica-
tion—valid for security-related
DWA ADVISORY BOARD HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING IN DC
The DWA Advisory Board held
its annual meeting in Washing-
ton, DC, on November 3 and 4,
2004. The meeting featured
remarks by Steve Heare,
Director of the Drinking Water
Protection Division in the
Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water, and Chuck Job,
Chief of the Infrastructure
Branch.
Clint Lemmons, from the SDWIS
State Team, gave a presenta-
tion on SDWIS training, and Ed
Cottrill, also from the SDWIS
State Team, updated the Board
on the status of the project to
build a "bridge" from SDWIS to
the Electronic Sanitary Survey
(ESS) software.
The Board received reports on
sanitary survey and security
activities, FY 2004 accomplish-
ments, the project to develop
water system-specific
guidance documents, and the
ESS. Members also discussed
and approved a new 5-year
plan for FY 2005 - 2009.
Jamie Bourne, who manages
the DWA, recognized the
Board members for their
important contributions to the
Academy. He presented them
with plaques reflecting their
reappointments to the DWA
Advisory Board through 2006.
emergencies and non-
emergency communication—
and discusses tools for
successful communication.
The course presents several
security-related scenarios,
which the students address
through role-playing activities.
This highly interactive course
has been presented 10 times:
once each in New York, South
Carolina, Georgia, Rhode
Island, and Vermont, twice in
Puerto Rico, and three times in
Hawaii. For more information
about the course, please
contact Jamie Bourne at
bourne.james@epa.gov or
(202) 564-4095.
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DWA COMPLETES VIDEO ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PLANS
Securing and protecting our
drinking water are critical to
ensuring the availability of a
safe supply. Undertaking a
vulnerability assessment is a
good place to start in protect-
ing the drinking water supply,
but what does a system do
once the assessment is
complete? How can a system
address its vulnerabilities? A
well-prepared and practiced
Emergency Response Plan
(ERP) is the key to increasing
system preparedness and
addressing drinking water
system vulnerabilities.
The DWA recently completed a
video for small water systems
serving between 3,301 and
10,000 people, which would
also be useful for systems
serving smaller populations.
The video uses character-
based scenarios to show the
viewer how to develop or
revise an ERP. It highlights the
process of completing an ERP,
as well as the relationship
between an ERP and a
system's vulnerability assess-
ment results.
The video is available at no
cost from the National
Environmental, Safety and
Health Training Association,
P.O. Box 10321, Phoenix,
Arizona 85064-0321, (602)
956-6099, www.neshta.org.
UIC INSPECTOR TRAINING DELIVERED IN PUERTO RICO
The DWA sponsored a delivery
of the Underground Injection
Control (UIC) Inspector
Certification training in Puerto
Rico. The training, which was
conducted in Spanish, was
presented December 6-9,
2004, in San Juan. The course
presentation was organized by
Mario Salazar of OGWDW,
Norma Ortega of EPA Region 2,
and Luis Rodriguez of EPA
Region 3. They also served as
the instructors. Fifty-two
environmental professionals
from several island agencies
participated in the training.
The course included a field trip
to a local UIC site where
students could apply their
lessons themselves. Partici-
pants took an examination at
the end of the course, and
those passing were certified
as UIC inspectors.
The slides and supplemental
materials translated into
Spanish will be made available
on the DWA Web site.
A Sense of Where You Are. Luis Rodriguez of EPA Region 3 (center) explains how to operate
a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver during the UIC Inspector Certification Training held
in Puerto Rico in December. (Mario Salazar photo)
Office of Water (4606)
EPA816-N-04-006
www.epa.gov
Winter 2005
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