DRINKING  WATER
ACADEMY   BULLETIN
                                                                                        DRINKING
                                                                                          WATER
                                                                                        ACADEMY
                                                                                          DWA
                                                                                        Summer 2004
  INSIDE THIS
  ISSUE:
NEW UIC COURSE AND
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
LINKS ON THE DWA
WEB SITE
ESS PROJECT PROCEEDS
ON SEVERAL FRONTS
DWA  SOLICITS
INTEREST IN
INTERNATIONAL WORK
GROUP
DRINKING WATER
ACADEMY CONTACTS
TRAINING COURSE
SCHEDULE
NATIONAL  CONFERENCE:  USING  PDAS AND
TABLET PCS TO ENHANCE WATER SECURITY
AND SAFE DRINKING  WATER ACT
IMPLEMENTATION
On May 26 and 27, 2004, the
Association of State Drinking
Water Administrators (ASDWA)
and EPA's Drinking Water
Academy (DWA) sponsored a
national conference in Austin,
Texas, on using personal
digital assistants (PDAs) and
Tablet PCs to enhance water
security and Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) implemen-
tation.

Approximately 75  state staff,
federal agency staff, and
contractors attended. They
represented three areas of
interest:

j* The Public Water System
   Supervision (PWSS)
   Program.

i* The Underground Injection
   Control (UIC) Program.

f& Water security.

Conference speakers provided
insights on the development
and implementation of
software programs to enhance
SDWA implementation. The
Electronic Sanitary Survey
(ESS) tool provides field
inspectors with
a PDA —or
Tablet PC-
based—tool to
record their
findings in the
field, upload
the data to an
intermediate
database,
generate
inspection
reports, and
provide analytical data.

The UIC program has devel-
oped two tools for primacy
and direct implementation
states to use in conducting
Class V inventory and other
inspections. These tools
increase consistency and
efficiency in conducting
inspections, reduce the
likelihood of errors, and
provide flexibility to the users.

Speakers also raised the
audience's awareness of how
these tools can be used to
support water security
activities, and they discussed
issues related to the security
of the hardware and of the
data collected by users.
Speakers representing the
U.S. Forest Service and
Florida's Volusia County gave
presentations that expanded
the horizons of technology use
to support water programs.

Participants were also given
an opportunity to brainstorm
about how technology could
be used to support their
programs, to network during
an evening reception and
breaks, and to participate in
working sessions on the ESS
and UIC software.

Door prizes-PDAs-were
awarded to two lucky
attendees, i*

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Summer 2004
   NEW UIC  COURSE AND  GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
   LINKS  ON  THE  DWA WEB SITE
   A second technical Under-
   ground Injection Control (UIC)
   training course, Underground
   Injection Control Pressure
   Fall-off Testing, was recently
   added to the DWA Web site.
   (The address is www.epa.gov/
   safewater/dwa/electronic/
   ematerials.htmlfUIC.)

   In addition to the  training
   slides for this latest UIC
   course, the site has links to
   two related guidance docu-
   ments: The Nuts and Bolts of
   Fall-off Testing and Pressure
   Fall-off Testing Guideline.

   UIC pressure fall-off tests
   provide information on  the
   response of the injection zone
   when injection is temporarily
stopped in a well. The test is
important in determining the
efficacy of UIC regulations
when applied to deep injection
wells.

Like the first technical UIC
course made available on
DWA's Web site, Underground
Injection Control Pressure  Fall-
off Testing is the result  of a
collaboration between the
DWA and the UIC Technical
Work Group. That first effort,
Introduction to UIC Permitting,
is also available at the DWA
Web site. The  UIC Technical
Work Group intends to add to
the site other technically
sophisticated courses as well.
ExxonMobil has agreed to
provide the UIC Technical
Work Group with  training
materials related to remote
sensing technology. This
technology is used to charac-
terize the geology of the
underground environment
surrounding injection wells
and to determine  the wells'
  integrity. Oil and gas
  companies originally
  developed this technology  to
  improve their production
  efficiency, however, it also
  applies to underground
  injection.

  The DWA will be one of the
  repositories for these ™
  training materials (three  PDF
files of approximately 40 MB
each).

The Academy also will make
the files available on a CD.

Anyone who  is interested in
obtaining the training
materials should contact
Mario Salazar at (202) 564-
3894 or by e-mail at
salazar.mario@epa.gov.
                                   ESS  PROJECT  PROCEEDS ON  SEVERAL  FRONTS
                                  The DWA continues to
                                  enhance the Electronic
                                  Sanitary Survey (ESS)
                                  software and improve its
                                  accessibility.

                                  Tablet  PC Version
                                  A version for Tablet PCs is
                                  now available. The Tablet ESS
                                  software is similar to the
                                  desktop  ESS software,
                                  without the PDA references
                                  and the ability to create a new
                                  survey. One new feature of
                                  the Tablet ESS software is the
                                  ability to add a survey
                                  component (e.g., source,
                                  treatment) while in the field.
                                Massachusetts ESS
                                After working with the ESS
                                software in the field, staff at
                                the Massachusetts Depart-
                                ment of Environmental
                                Protection  identified a number
                                of changes to tailor the
                                software to their needs.  State
                                staff developed a revised and
                                reduced question set. They
                                are now mapping the ques-
                                tions to the state database.
                                The DWA is assisting the state
                                in its customization efforts.

                                SDWIS/STATE Bridge
                                The DWA is also supporting
                                the building of a "bridge" from
                                the ESS software to the Safe
                                Drinking Water  Information
                                System (SDWIS). This bridge
                                will  allow data to be trans-
                                ferred in both directions:  from
                                SDWIS to the ESS and from
                                the ESS to SDWIS. Work on
                                this project is expected to be
                                complete by late summer, i*

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Summer  2004
                                 DWA  SOLICITS INTEREST  IN
                                 INTERNATIONAL WORK GROUP
                                 Working to revitalize the
                                 DWA's efforts to bring
                                 training to non-English-
                                 speaking audiences at home
                                 and abroad, Mario Salazar is
                                 seeking participants to join
                                 representatives of the DWA
                                 Advisory Board from EPA
                                 Regions 2, 4, 6, and 9 and
                                 from the Border States on the
                                 Advisory Board's international
                                 work group.
                                        The DWA Advisory Board
                                        formed the workgroup to
                                        advise on training issues
                                        related to speakers of
                                        languages other than English
                                        in the United States and
                                        abroad. The group initially
                                        worked to have the DWA
                                        translate two courses into
                                        Spanish and present them in
                                        Puerto Rico.

                                        Recent DWA activity in this
                                        area  includes completing the
                                        Spanish translation of two
    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
    James Weddell
    Stew Thornley
    Murlene Lash
    Mario Salazar
    James Bourne
Location         Telephone          E-mail
EPA Region 1     (617)918-1549     leclair.jackie@epa.gov
EPA Region 2     (212)637-4234     ortega.norma@epa.gov
EPA Region 3     (215)814-5711     rogers.rick@epa.gov
EPA Region 4     (404) 562-9480     morris.janine@epa.gov
EPA Region 5     (312)886-9262     spaulding.william@epa.gov
EPA Region 6     (214)665-7536     davis.williamh@epa.gov
EPA Region 7     (913)551-7423     lindberg.stephanie@epa.gov
EPA Region 8     (303)312-6155     jackson.dan@epa.gov
EPA Region 9     (415)972-3563     pollock.barry@epa.gov
EPA Region 10    (206)553-8515     chamberlain.william@epa.gov
Virginia          (804) 786-5569     manderson@vdh.state.va.us
Texas           (512)239-4798     jweddell@tnrcc.state.tx.us
Minnesota       (651)215-0771     stew.thornley@health.state.mn.us
EPA HQ          (202)564-3818     lash.murlene@epa.gov
EPA HQ          (202) 564-3894     salazar.mario@epa.gov
EPA HQ          (202) 564-4095     bourne.james@epa.gov
courses, Introduction to the
Public Water System Supervi-
sion Program and Introduction
to EPA's Source Water
Protection Programs. When
complete,  they will be put on
the DWA Web site. In
addition, Puerto Rico has
requested  a presentation of
the UIC Inspector Training
course, which will require
updating the Spanish language
Anyone interested in partici-
pating is asked to contact
Mario at (202) 564-3894 or
salazar.mario@epa.gov. i*

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Summer 2004
   TRAINING  COURSE  SCHEDULE
Course Title
Radionuclides Rule
Audience Schedule
State personnel, Aug. 4, 2004
technical assistance
providers, and
system operators
Location Contact
Web Conference State coordinator
  Arsenic Rule
State personnel,
technical assistance
providers, and
system operators
Sept. 15, 2004
Web Conference  State coordinator
  Introduction to EPA's
  Drinking Water Source
  Protection Programs
State source water   Sept. 15, 2004
protection staff
                   Web Conference  dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
  Introduction to the Safe
  Drinking Water Act
EPA and state       Sept. 29, 2004      Web Conference  dwaweb.conference@epa.gov
drinking water staff
  Arsenic Rule
State personnel,     Oct. 20, 2004
technical assistance
providers, and
system operators
                   Web Conference  State coordinator
Introduction to the
Underground Injection
Control (UIC) Program
American Government
Roles
Security Considerations
When Conducting a
Sanitary Survey
Overview of the Clean
Water Act and the Safe
Drinking Water Act
EPA and state UIC
staff
New federal
employees
State sanitary
survey inspectors
New federal
employees
Oct. 20 - 27, 2004 Web Conference dwaweb.conference@epa,
Nov. 2 & 3, 2004 Washington, DC Jamie Bourne
(202) 564-4095
bourne.james@epa.gov
Nov. 10, 2004 Web Conference dwaweb.conference@epa,
Dec. 7-9, 2004 Washington, DC Jamie Bourne
(202) 564-4095
bourne.james@epa.gov
gov

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   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).
  Office of Water (4606)
  EPA 816-N-03-005
  www.epa.gov
  Summer 2004

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