Incident Command Tool for Protecting Drinking Water (ICWater) Doug Ryan USDA Forest Service Olympia, WA

Purpose Make critical information rapidly available to incident commanders who would direct first responders. Make critical information rapidly available to incident commanders who would direct first responders. Protect the public during a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) attack or accidental spill to a drinking water source. Protect the public during a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) attack or accidental spill to a drinking water source.

Incident Commander Requirements Protect Human Health Protect Human Health Threat: Toxic Substance in Surface Water Threat: Toxic Substance in Surface Water Rapidly assess worst case Rapidly assess worst case National Coverage National Coverage

Priority Questions Where is contaminant going? Where is contaminant going? Are drinking water intakes on path? Are drinking water intakes on path? When will it get there? When will it get there? Will contaminant level pose risk? Will contaminant level pose risk?

ICWater Partners USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service –Linkage to Incident Commanders Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) –Compatibility with existing consequence assessment tools Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) –Training MOU with USFS –Operation and maintenance Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) –HAZMAT Sites –Flow volume and velocity United States Geological Survey (USGS) United States Geological Survey (USGS) –National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) –Time of travel dye studies –Real-time stream flow Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin –Comparisons with dye studies and other transport models

Incident Command Tool (ICWater) Concept of Operations ICWater (RiverSpill) Local Incident Commanders Stream Flow Response Actions Monitoring Emergency Response Analyzer Strategic Decision Makers CATS HAZUS CoBRA

Integrated Capabilities Public Water Supply Intakes Public Water Supply Intakes Real-time river network (NHD) Real-time river network (NHD) Chem/Bio/Rad Agent Data Chem/Bio/Rad Agent Data Roads, bridges, dams, pipelines Roads, bridges, dams, pipelines Hospitals, schools, fire stations etc. Hospitals, schools, fire stations etc. Potential sources of contaminants Potential sources of contaminants

Downstream Analysis Where is contaminant going? Where is contaminant going? Are drinking water intakes on path? Are drinking water intakes on path? When will it get there? When will it get there? In what concentration? In what concentration?

Downstream Trace

Report Animation Downstream Analysis

Upstream Analysis Where could contaminant come from? Where could contaminant come from? What are potential contaminant sources? What are potential contaminant sources?

Upstream Trace Report

ICWater Summary –Helps Incident Commanders assess and respond to spills –Tracks water contaminants to drinking water intakes –Capability: chemical, biological & radioactive substances –Software and training available from DTRA