Water Contamination Emergencies: Enhancing Our Response (Special Publications) (Special Publications)

This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity, Contamination of water supplies and the immediate availability of appropriate emergency responses to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) events which result in contaminated water are becoming increasingly relevant and significant issues in the water industry and in the wider world. Consequently, new strategies and technologies are being constantly evolved and refined by leading experts in the field in order to achieve rapid and effective responses to water contamination events. Water Contamination Emergencies: Enhancing our Response brings together contributions from leading scientists and experts from both academia and industry in the field of water contamination and emergency planning. The book covers a wide range of topics including responses to water contamination emergencies, impacts on public health and commerce, risk assessment, analysis and monitoring, emergency planning, control and planning and threats to the water industry. This book is ideal for specialists in the field of water contamination and emergency response planning, especially researchers and professionals in industry and government who require an authoritative and highly specialised resource on water contamination management. The reader will gain an appreciation of the activities supporting the development of responses to contamination events; emergency actions required in response to the contamination of drinking water; and incident management. Also discussed are the importance of communication between organisations and the public; consumer perceptions and the need for robust and rapid screening of samples taken in response to potential contamination events in order to help answer the key question "Is this water safe to drink? Read more... Abstract: This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity, Contamination of water supplies and the immediate availability of appropriate emergency responses to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) events which result in contaminated water are becoming increasingly relevant and significant issues in the water industry and in the wider world. Consequently, new strategies and technologies are being constantly evolved and refined by leading experts in the field in order to achieve rapid and effective responses to water contamination events. Water Contamination Emergencies: Enhancing our Response brings together contributions from leading scientists and experts from both academia and industry in the field of water contamination and emergency planning. The book covers a wide range of topics including responses to water contamination emergencies, impacts on public health and commerce, risk assessment, analysis and monitoring, emergency planning, control and planning and threats to the water industry. This book is ideal for specialists in the field of water contamination and emergency response planning, especially researchers and professionals in industry and government who require an authoritative and highly specialised resource on water contamination management. The reader will gain an appreciation of the activities supporting the development of responses to contamination events; emergency actions required in response to the contamination of drinking water; and incident management. Also discussed are the importance of communication between organisations and the public; consumer perceptions and the need for robust and rapid screening of samples taken in response to potential contamination events in order to help answer the key question "Is this water safe to drink? Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Introduction: Themes and Objectives......Page 12 Safety, Security, (Un)certainty......Page 14 The Water Industry's Perspective of Water Contamination Emergencies......Page 16 The Customers' View on Water Contamination......Page 18 Achieving an Appropriate Balance? - An Ofwat Perspective......Page 30 Water Contamination: Case Scenarios......Page 38 Chemical Contamination of Water- Toxic Effects......Page 42 HPA Role on Health Risk Advice to Public Health Teams......Page 50 Preventing Drinking Water Emergencies - Water Quality Monitoring Lessons from Recent Outbreak Experience......Page 53 Water Safety Plans and Their Role in Preventing and Managing Contamination of the Water Supply......Page 64 The Use of Computational Toxicology for Emergency Response Assessment......Page 73 Risk Management Capabilities- Towards Mindfulness for the International Water Utility Sector......Page 81 Mass Spectrometry Screening Techniques......Page 92 The Utilisation On-line of Common Parameter Monitoring as a Surveillance Tool for Enhancing Water Security......Page 100 Risk Assessment Methodology for Water Utilities (RAM-WTM) -the Foundation for Emergency Response Planning......Page 110 Faster, Smaller, Cheaper: Technical Innovations for Next-Generation Water Monitoring......Page 116 A Dutch View of Emergency Planning and Control......Page 127 Water Distribution System Modelling: an Essential Component of Total System Security......Page 137 Strengthening Collaborations for Water-Related Health Risk Communications......Page 146 Risk Assessment, Perception and Communication- Why Dialogue is Politic......Page 156 Bouncing Back......Page 163 Poor Communication During a Contamination Event May Cause More Harm to Public Health than the Actual Event Itself......Page 167 Communication of Tap-water Risks- Challenges and Opportunities......Page 176 Improving Communication of Drinking Water Risks Through a Better Understanding of Public Perspectives......Page 183 UK Water Industry Laboratory Mutual Group: Progress and Achievements......Page 195 Recent Advances in Rapid Ecotoxicity Screening......Page 203 A Water Company Perspective......Page 214 Rapid Detection of Volatile Substances in Water Using a Portable Photoionization Detector......Page 219 Analysis Methods for Water Pollution Emergency Incidents......Page 227 Laboratory Environmental Analysis Proficiency (LEAP) Emergency Scheme......Page 240 Electronic attack on IT and SCADA Systems......Page 247 Incident Involving Radionuclides......Page 251 CBRN Issues......Page 262 Screening Analysis of River Samples for Unknown Pollutants......Page 276 Microbiological Risk and Analysis Issues in Water......Page 278 Reagentless Detection of CB Agents......Page 295 Be Prepared, the Approach in the Netherlands......Page 303 Overview of the Water Company Challenges......Page 314 Closing Remarks......Page 321 POSTERS......Page 322 Monitoring of Organic Micro Contaminants m Drinking Water Using a Submersible UV !VIS Spectrophotometer......Page 324 Removal of Humic Substances from Water by Means of Ca2+- Enriched Natural Zeolites......Page 328 Protective Effects of Cathodic Electrolyzed Water on the Damages of DNA, RNA and Protein......Page 331 Detection of 88 Pesticides on the Finnigan TSQ® Quantum Discovery Using a Novel LC-MS/MS Method......Page 335 Water Safety Plans: Prevention and Management of Technical and OperativeRisks in the Water Industry......Page 339 Analysis of Aquifer Response to Coupled Flow and Transport on NAOL Remediation with Well Fields......Page 342 Safe Drinking Water: Lessons from Recent Outbreaks......Page 344 Prevention and Security Measures Against Potential Terrorist Attacks to Drinking Water Systems in Italy......Page 348 Improved Understanding of Water Quality Monitoring Evidence for Risk Management Decision-making......Page 361 Tools for the Rapid Detection of Pathogens in Mains Drinking Water Supplies......Page 366 Detection and Confirmation of Unknown Contaminants in Untreated Tap Water Using a Hybrid Triple Quadrupole Linear Ion Trap LC/MS/MS System......Page 371 "Mind the Gap"- Facilitated Workshop......Page 377 Subject Index......Page 380