ICWater: Incident Command Tool for Drinking Water Protection William B. Samuels, Rakesh Bahadur, Jonathan M. Pickus, David E. Amstutz1 and Douglas Ryan2 1Science Applications International Corporation McLean, VA 2US Forest Service Arlington, VA American Water Resources Association GIS and Water Resources III May 17-19, 2004 Nashville, TN

Current Situation Drinking water sources are vulnerable to terrorist attack Protection is expensive and takes time Steps needed to minimize consequences to the public of an attack Rapid, effective response to an attack can reduce public risk.

Protecting the Public Incident Commanders direct first responders in emergencies Timely and accurate information vital for effective action Drinking water information widely scattered Not readily available in an emergency

Incident Command Tool Needed Gather critical information Single, secure site Provide access for Incident Commanders Cover all 50 States Implement through consortium of Federal, State and Local agencies

Why the Forest Service? Cadre of trained Incident Commanders Experience responding to wildland fires and other major disaster response National Forests important source of public drinking water

Specifications Include the real-time RiverSpill model Include the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) ARCGIS and ARCIMS Process data received from field sensors

Specifications (cont.) Include the following databases sensor locations, dams, reservoirs,locks surface water bodies; public drinking water intakes; roads and railroads, population, critical facilities Stand-alone and Web-based Track human pathogens, toxic chemicals, and radioactive substances

Phases Requirements Pilot Operational

Summary of Technical Exchange Meetings and Discussions Requirements Phase EPA – Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water USGS – Water Resources Division USDA- Agricultural Research Service USFS Engineering Defense Group Inc. – CoBRA EPA – Emergency Response Analyzer FEMA – HAZUS DTRA - CATS CDC – Medical Surveillance Pilot Phase NWS – Stream Forecasting EPA – Office of Water – NHD Development Team DOT – Office of Pipeline Safety EPA – Law Enforcement

Incident Command Tool (ICWater) Local Incident Commanders CATS HAZUS CoBRA Strategic Decision Makers Emergency Response Analyzer Hospitals Response Actions Monitoring ICWater (RiverSpill)

ICWater Schema Outputs Tier 1: Client Browser Tier 2: Web/Map Server Maps, Reports, Tables compatible with: CATS, HAZUS, EPA Situation Room, COBRA Tier 1: Client Browser http Tier 2: Web/Map Server Tier 3: Database Server National Hydrography Dataset GIS layers: sensors, dams, reservoirs, locks, transportation, topography, population, intakes Database Server Web and Map Server ICIT Business Logic RiverSpill Internet Map Server External Inputs Field Sensors Field Reports USGS Real-Time Gages Medical Surveillance

RiverSpill

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) USGS Available for NHDinGEO format EPA Office of Water: making NHD available to the ICWater Project from their Reach Address Database (RAD) NHD-Indexed Public Water Supply Intakes Flow volume and Velocity attributes Development proceeding NHDinGEO data from USGS Hydrologic Region 5 from the RAD

Status of Supporting Databases Public Water Supply Intakes http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/sdw_report.first_table?report_id=726187&pwsid=VA3550051&state=VA&source=Surface%20water%20&population=90683&sys_num=0 USGS Stream gages 19,590 current and historical gages (7,160 real-time) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis Hydrologic Units (HUC) (Watershed Boundaries) Created a downstream/upstream HUC navigation table HAZMATS Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/tris_control.tris_print?tris_id=11040CLLCR1403F Risk Management Plan Sites (RMP) Superfund Sites (CERCLIS) http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/cerclis_web.report?pgm_sys_id=WY0000045138 Hazardous Waste (RCRA) http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_dtl.disp_program_facility?pgm_sys_id_in=WYD981547706&pgm_sys_acrnm_in=RCRAINFO

Status of Supporting Databases (continued) Mines Minerals Availability System (Bureau of Mines) Dams National Inventory of Dams (Corps of Engineers) http://crunch.tec.army.mil/nid/webpages/nid.cfm Dischargers Permits Compliance System (NPDES) http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_dtl.disp_program_facility?pgm_sys_id_in=SD0020036&pgm_sys_acrnm_in=PCS http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/pcs_det_reports.pcs_tst?npdesid=SD0020036&npvalue=1&npvalue=2&npvalue=3&npvalue=4&npvalue=5&npvalue=6&rvalue=13&npvalue=7&npvalue=8&npvalue=10&npvalue=11&npvalue=12 Reservoirs USGS Reservoir characteristics

Status of Supporting Databases (continued) National Pipeline Mapping System USFS Roads ESRI Data Streets Railroads Federal Lands (includes USFS lands) Boundary files (state, county, zip,….) US Census Data (2000 population) Hospitals Schools

ICWater Compatibility Stand Alone Compatibility HAZUS HAZUS Runs Within ArcGIS HAZUS-MH obtained and installed CoBRA CoBRA is a Hardened Computer Platform Running Windows OS. This Meets Required Platform for ICIT CoBRA software and API requested from vendor CATS CATS 6 Runs Within ArcGIS With Release in April 2004 CATS 6 being developed by SAIC EPA Emergency Analyzer more applicable to Web-based ICWater/RiverSpill

ICWater Compatibility (continued) Web Based ICIT CoBRA & EPA Emergency Analyzer These Systems Are Interested in RiverSpill as a Web Service Web Services Represent a Way for External Clients to Use the Same API that ICIT Clients Use, Just Remotely CATS & HAZUS These systems are interested in the results from running in a browser. Shapefiles work to some extent… CATS wants Model Output Specification compliant XML output

ICWater Partners US Forest Service Linkage to Incident Commanders TSWG Compatibility with existing consequence assessment tools DTRA Training MOU with USFS Operation and maintenance EPA NHD Model validation USGS Comparisons with dye studies Location of gages and monitoring stations Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin Comparisons with dye studies and other transport models

RiverSpill Skill Assessment Willamette River Basin Study Area

ERF-1 and NHD Enhanced Reach File (ERF1) National Hydrography Dataset 1:500,000-scale stream network 68,000 total reaches 16,000 named rivers National scale, mean flow and velocity information National Hydrography Dataset 1:100,000 scale 3 million plus reaches Mean flow and velocity attributes in development Pilot study covering three hydrologic units NHD was populated with mean flow and velocity values

ERF1 (1 segment) Mean Flow = 506.72 cfs Mean Velocity = 1.54 fps NHD (55 segments) Mean Flow = 392 cfs (range: 324 - 443) Mean Velocity =1.2 fps (range: 1.15 - 1.23) USGS Real-Time gages Olentangy River at Delaware, OH Mean Flow = 306 cfs Olentangy River at Worthington, OH Mean flow = 371 cfs

Summary Water sources are vulnerable Preparedness will reduce consequences to the public of an attack. Incident Commanders need timely information to act effectively. Tool will provide ICs critical information when they need it.

Program Contacts Doug Ryan Perry Pederson Kevin McCormack USFS, (703) 605 5284, dryan01@fs.fed.us Perry Pederson TSWG, (703) 602-6215, pedersonp@tswg.gov Kevin McCormack USEPA, (202) 564 3890, mccormack.kevin@epa,gov

Technical Contacts William B. Samuels, Ph.D Rakesh Bahadur, Ph.D SAIC, (703) 676 8043, william.b.samuels@saic.com Rakesh Bahadur, Ph.D SAIC (703) 676-8048, rakesh.bahadur@saic.com Project Website http://eh2o.saic.com/icit