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General
Water Sector Security Workshops (PDF) (20 pp, 570 KB) (EPA/600/R-06/047) June 2006 Order
The Role of the U.S. EPA in Protecting America ’s Drinking Water Supply Exit EPA Disclaimer January 2006  
Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Progress Report for 2005 (PDF) (68 pp, 892 KB) (EPA/600/R-05/104) September 2005 Order
Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan (PDF) (56 pp, 1.2 MB)(EPA/600/R-04/063) March 2004 Order
Water Security Research and Policy: EPA’s Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan Exit EPA DisclaimerMarch 2004  
A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II Exit EPA Disclaimer2003 Order

Water Detection Technologies
Evaluation of Ultrafiltration Cartridges for a Water Sampling Apparatus Exit EPA Disclaimer January 2009  
Security and Preparedness -- Sensor Response to Contamination in Chloraminated Drinking Water Exit EPA Disclaimer April 2008  
Drinking Water Security and Public Health Disease Outbreak Surveillance Exit EPA Disclaimer (9 pp, 1.82 MB) 2008  
Online Water Quality Parameters as Indicators of Distribution System Contamination (PDF) (31 pp, 227 KB) June 2007  
A Comparison of Physical Sampling and Real-Time Monitoring Strategies for Designing a Contamination Warning System for Drinking Water Distribution Systems Exit EPA Disclaimer July 2006  
Differential detection of Hammondia hammondi from Toxoplasma gondii using polymerase chain reaction Exit EPA Disclaimer December 2005  
Technologies and Techniques for Early Warning Systems to Monitor and Evaluate Drinking Water Quality: A State-of-the-Art Review (PDF) (236 pp, 3.83 MB) (EPA/600/R-05/156) December 2005 Order
Water Distribution System Analysis: Field Studies, Modeling, and Management (PDF) (145 pp, 16 MB) (EPA/600/R-06/028) December 2005  
Safeguarding the Security of Public Water Supplies Using Early Warning Systems: A Brief Review Exit EPA Disclaimer October 2004  

Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment
US Environmental Protection Agency Uses Operations Research to Reduce Contamination Risks in Drinking Water Exit EPA Disclaimer January 2009
Importance of Exposure Model in Estimating Impacts When a Water Distribution System Is Contaminated Exit EPA Disclaimer September 2008
Risk Reduction and Sensor Network Design (PDF) (11 pp, 110 KB) September 2008
Sensor Placement in Municipal Water Networks (PDF) (14 p, 236 KB) July 2007
Sensor Placement in Municipal Water Networks with Temporal Integer Programming Models (PDF) (27 pp, 214 KB) July 2007
SPOT: A Sensor Placement Optimization Toolkit for Drinking Water Contamination Warning System Design (PDF) (12 pp, 59 KB) June 2007
Using TEVA to Assess Impact of Model Skeletonization on Contaminant Consequence Assessment and Sensor Placement Design (PDF) (18 pp, 218 KB) June 2007
Water Utilities Driving Water Security Research on Drinking Water Contamination Warning Systems (PDF) (6 pp, 26 KB) June 2007
A Comparison of Physical Sampling and Real-Time Monitoring Strategies for Designing a Contamination Warning System for Drinking Water Distribution Systems Exit EPA Disclaimer July 2006
Safeguarding the Security of Public Water Supplies Using Early Warning Systems: A Brief Review Exit EPA Disclaimer October 2004

Sample Collection
Guide for Development of Sample Collection Plans for Radiochemical Analytes in Environmental Matrices Following Homeland Security Events (PDF) (43 pp, 986 KB) (EPA/600/R-08/128) February 2009
Sample Collection Procedures for Radiochemical Analytes in Environmental Matrices (PDF) (106 pp, 1.7 MB) (EPA/600/S-07/001) December 2006

Laboratory Support
Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events Revision 5.0 (PDF) (280 pp, 2.3 MB) (EPA/600/R-04/126E) September 2009
Executive Summary of Chemical Warfare Agents and their Hydrolysis Products from the US EPA Standardized Analytical Methods and GC-MS Analytical Method for the Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agent Degradation Products Listed in the EPA Standardized Analytical Methods (PDF) (15 pp, 567 KB) September 2008
Testing of Screening Technologies for Detection of Toxic Industrial Chemicals in All Hazards Receipt Facilities (PDF) (50 pp, 1 MB) (EPA/600/R-08/034) March 2008
Testing of Screening Technologies for Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents in All Hazards Receipt Facilities (PDF) (67 pp, 753 KB) (EPA/600/R-07/104) September 2007
Differential detection of Hammondia hammondi from Toxoplasma gondii using polymerase chain reaction Exit EPA Disclaimer December 2005
Method Validation Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Forensic Analysis of Chemical Terrorism April 2004

Technology Testing and Evaluation
ETV’s Enzymatic Test Kits
Immunoassay Test Kits for Pathogens and Biotoxins
Multi-Parameter Water Quality Probes
Portable Cyanide Analyzers
Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Technologies
Rapid Toxicity Testing Systems

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