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Conduct Decontamination and Clearance Activities
If contamination is a potential issue after a disaster, a utility may need to perform site characterization, decontamination, and clearance activities as follows:
  • Contact state primacy agency
  • Conduct contaminant and site characterization, including sampling and analyses
  • Determine potential risks based on site characterization
  • Develop a decontamination strategy, which identifies remediation alternatives
  • Treat contaminated wastewater/ decontaminate sites or items
  • Conduct monitoring to determine effectiveness of remediation
  • Coordinate activities with response partners

EPA's web page
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Laboratory analyses of drinking water samples have detected contamination in multiple parts of Our Town Utility's distribution system. The utility conducts decontamination and clearance activities to address the contamination.

Select the image to access the EPA's web page on Decontamination, which has guidance documents and additional references.

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