1. Water Laboratory Alliance Security Summit Andrew Sawyers Deputy Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water U.S. EPA 2012 WLA Security Summit Nashville, Tennessee March 23, 2012 1

2. Climate Change Improve Air Quality Chemical Safety Clean Up Communities Protect USA’s Waters Environmental Justice State/Tribal Partnerships Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator U.S. EPA EPA’s Priorities 2

3. Impetus for Water Laboratory Alliance (WLA) Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD 9) directs EPA to: “develop nationwide laboratory networks for... water quality that integrate existing Federal and State laboratory resources, are interconnected, and utilize standardized diagnostic protocols and procedures” WATER LABORATORY ALLIANCE (WLA) 3

4. Strengthening Drinking Water Programs Planning for “All-Hazards” Threats −Natural disasters −Unintentional incidents −Intentional acts Reexamine ability to prevent, withstand, and recover from serious damage 4

5. Drinking Water and Collaboration EPA Office of Water Collaborative Efforts Regular meetings with Water Sector Partners APHL Cooperative Program Water Laboratory Alliance 5

6. WLA Accomplishments Significant WLA Accomplishments: WLA Development and Launch WLA Response Plan Three Multi-regional Full-Scale Exercises Development and Implementation of the WLA Training Center Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Multi-Lab Validation Chemical Methods for Priority Contaminants Two WLA Security Summits 6

7. Water Laboratory Alliance Security Summit 7