EPA's	Water Awareness

Research	Security	(WATERS

WATERS Center is located at

EPA's Test & Evaluation Facility in Cincinnati, Ohio

Goals

~	Evaluate Sensor Technologies.

~	Understand Contaminant Behavior in Distribution Systems.

~	Evaluate Advanced Water Treatment Systems

Scope

~	Chemical-Biological Warfare Agent Surrogates

~	Toxic Industrial Chemicals

~	Common Pathogens

~	Pesticides / Herbicides

Earlv Warning Systems

~	Existing Sensor Technologies

~	Developing Sensor Technologies.

~	Bio-sentinels

Existing Sensor Technologies

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On-line Sensor & Probe	Multi Sensor Probe

Developing Sensor Technologies.

Chlorine Sensor

Photon Spectrometer Unit

Imaging Microscopic Technology

Electrochemistry/ Lab On-A-Chip ...
A Platform For Increased Sensitivity

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Distribution System Simulators

~	Sensor Technology Evaluations

~	On-line and Early Warning

~	One-of-Kind Simulator

wwm epa.gov/ordnhsrc/index

Advanced Treatment Technologies

~ Ultrafiltration Microfiltration, Disinfection

Ultrafiltration

Microfiltration

Disinfection

Distribution System Decontamination

~	Designed and habricated - T&t

~	Sensor, Sampling, Modeling, & Decon.

~	lAG's

-	National Institute of Standards and Tech. (NIST)

-	Naval Surface Warfare Center (NAVSEA)

-	Edgewood Chemical & Biological Center (ECBC)

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