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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
EPA Region 4
EPA Regions
EPA Region6
EPA Region?
EPA Regions
EPA Region 9
EPA Region 10
Virginia
Texas
Minnesota
EPAHQ
EPA HQ
Telephone
(617)918-1549
(212)637-4234
(215)814-5711
(404) 562-9480
(312)886-9262
(214)665-7536
(913)551-7423
(303)312-6155
(41 5) 972-3563
(206) 553-851 5
(804) 786-5569
(512)239-6050
(651)215-0771
(202)564-3818
(202) 564-4095
                                                          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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Winter 2005
   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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Winter 2005
                                  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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Winter 2005
   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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