Transcript 2011 California Statewide Medical and Health Exercise

CDPH – DDWEM
California Department of Public Health – Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management
Drinking Water Program
“How’s the water? Is it still wet?”
Joseph Crisologo, P.E.
Senior Homeland Security Engineer
Outline
• Who we are
• What we do
• Why is Drinking Water a
Critical Infrastructure
• Who we work with
• Challenges and Issues
• Questions
CDPH - Drinking Water Program
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Headquarters/Management
Northern California Field Operations Branch
Southern California Field Operations Branch
Technical Programs Branch
Local Primacy Agencies (County Organizations)
We are distributed
throughout the State
We also have greater
numbers where
population is greater
We can call on resources
not affected by an event
Assure safe, clean, wholesome and potable
water is served reliably and adequately.
• Regulating public water systems – compliance
with MCLs – jurisdictional responsibility
• Conduct inspections, issue permits, and
implement enforcement proceedings where
necessary
• Educate and train – new regulations
• Respond to emergencies and coordinate with
partners; help identify and solve challenges
IT’S WHAT WE DO
Critical Infrastructure
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Electricity
Communications
Water
Natural Gas
Fuel (Gasoline/Diesel)
How long without these?
California Water
• Total PWS in CA – 8000
• CWS – 3200
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>3300 Service Connections – 400
1000 to 3300 – 300
Lots of water systems
200 to 999 – 400
Lots of smalls and non-communities
15 to 199 – 2000
Lots of sources
As a utility set, very fractured, varied,
• NTNC – 1500
and independent
• TNC - 2900
We regulate to the local entity
• Groundwater sources - 16,000
– Wells and springs
• Surface Water - 1,000
– Lakes/Reservoirs, Rivers, Canals
Even if a
hoax, it is
still real.
Water System Target Risks
Source Water: River, Lake, Well
Transmission Line: Canals, Aqueducts
Low
Small
Treatment Plant: Chemicals & Equipment
Medium
Distribution System
Large
Distribution System
Storage Tanks
Storage Reservoir
Pump Station
Service Connections
Backflow and Cross Connections
Security and Emergency Preparedness
and Response – to improve resiliency
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CSTI Table Top Exercise Design Class
Golden Guardian 2008
CAHAN
EWQSK
CERC
CAMAL Net
WBDO Work group
Pandemic Influenza Awareness
Terrorism Awareness
Environmental Health Training for Emergency
Response
– Coordination with groups
California Health Alert Network
(CAHAN)
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Administrator/Collaborator/Alert license training
Water Labs (CAMAL Net) members are in
County Health are in
Hospitals are going in
PWS to go in
Testing – alerts periodic
Secure documents review
Administrators to manage accounts
It happened/happens/can happen
• 6th Century BC – Assyrians, Solon of Athens
• Civil War – retreating army vs advancing army
• World War II – Japanese biological warfare field trials on
11 Chinese cities
• 1941 – Hoover; 1998 – Clinton PDD-63 – ERP
• 12/80 – chlordane, outside Pitsburgh
• 1985 – Arkansas - Covenant, Sword, Arm of the Lord –
potassium cyanide
• 5/00 – Walkerton, Ontario – intentional/unintentional
• 1/01, FBI warned U.S. water utilities of a threat from a
“very credible, well funded North African-based terrorist
group” to “disrupt water operations in 28 U.S. cities.”
• 1/02 alert from NIPC of Al-Qa’ida interest in water
systems, based on software found on computer in
Afghanistan owned by person with links to Al-Qa’ida
Emergency Water Quality
Sampling Kit (EWQSK)
• Confirm the presence of
unknown contaminants
introduced to a drinking water
system.
• Hazmat personnel can use the
kit if an incident poses a risk to
onsite personnel.
• Instruct first responders and
other participants on the
purpose, capabilities and use of
the EWQSK.
• Located at district offices
• Understand responsibilities in
response
EWQSK
Crisis and Emergency Risk
Communication (CERC)
• “Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Tool
Kit”
– contains detailed information to help Community
Water Systems maintain effective communication
with the public during emergencies.
– complimentary resource to the water system’s
emergency response plan
– specifically designed to support writing and
implementing a crisis communication plan
• Communication with public and media
• Knowing when to communicate during a crisis is
as important as knowing what to communicate.
• Crisis Communication Plan
A good Communication Plan helps
prevent this.
CAMAL Net
• Consortium of state, federal, and local public
water utility laboratories
– Public Water System Drinking Water
Laboratories
– USEPA Region 9 Laboratory
– CA Dept. of Water Resources Laboratory
– CDPH Sanitation and Radiation Laboratory
• Patterned after Water and Wastewater Agency
Response Network (WARN)
• Recognizing laboratory capabilities is a
resource.
CAMAL Net
• Laboratory surge capacity is a high priority
during water quality emergencies to characterize
fate and transport and clearance.
• Provide Mutual Aid assistance to CDPH
Sanitation and Radiation Lab to analyze nonWMD public health drinking water samples that
are the result of a terrorist attack on a PWS.
Coordination with groups
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WEROC
FBI
ERNIE
IMARC
LEPCs (6 Regions)
MARACs (6 Regions)
OES
TEWGs
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SALES
INFRAGARD
BASIC
DHS
EPO
OHS
Water ISAC
ASDWA
Others
GW & SW System
Storage Tanks
Storage Reservoir
Pump Station
WTP
Still finding leaks likely due from Northridge
Quake
Causes of Water Quality Problems
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Microbiological growth or presence
Turbidity – compromised treatment processes
Compromised distribution system
Unexpected loading of contaminants at the headworks
Flooding
Cross-connections/co-mingling/releases
Other Water Quality Issues
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Low pressure <5 psi
Dead animals
Repeated coliform positive samples
Not able to do emergency chlorination
(need portable chlorinators)
• Upset in the operation of treatment plants
• Others
What we will do
• Self Assessment-COOP/COG, local offices, call-in, 800 #,
CAHAN, satellite phones
• Reporting to the EOCs, REOC, JEOC, SOC – reporting
form
• Form assessment teams (for each OA, 5 teams of 2) –
initial/quick, detailed damage
• Inspections of water treatment plants, storage facilities
• Inspections of watersheds
– Chemical contamination (insecticides, hazardous materials)
– Sewage from homes, mains, pumping stations or treatment
plants
– Erosion
• Drainage diversions around facilities
• Working with Water MAC to prioritize resources
• MAC = CDPH, PWS, WARN, OA, LHD, others
What we will do
• Conducting water sampling; review/interpret results
• Consulting/working with water system operators/staff
• Providing technical assistance (Agency Representative or Technical
Reference)
• Incident Action Plan to include – restoration of water service
• Documenting the effects on water systems through photographs and
reports
• Keeping local officials advised of the current drinking water situation
• Review plans and specifications for reconstruction projects, and
issue amended permits as needed
• PWS in impacted areas, Tier 3, 2 and then 1 assessments
• Objective – return to normal operations
• Environmental Health Strike Teams – Tier 1 areas
Routes of Resource Requests
CDPH Direct Assistance
Technical Advice - Water Quality Issues
Assessments/Inspections
CDPH
Emergency Water Quality Sampling Kits
Lab Support
Additional Technical Support–Other CDPH programs
- JEOC
CDPH Drinking
Water Program (DOC)
Regional Emergency
Operation Center
(our statutory authority)
Water
Utility
Incident
Occurs
State Emergency
Operations Center
Resource Requests
SEMS
Cal WARN
Local/Operational
Area EOC
Supplemental Water supplies
Heavy Equipment
Contractor Support
Etc.
Public Notices
• BWO–Boil Water
Order/Notice/Advisory
– Standard template and
language
– Rolling boil for one minute
– Can’t boil? Then chemical
disinfection
– Microbial issues
• USWA–DND–Unsafe
Water Alert–Do Not Drink
– Standard template and
language
– Acute contaminants
– Alternate sources
– Can use for other purposes
• USWA-DNU–Unsafe
Water Alert–Do Not Use
– Unknown contaminants
– Not to be used at all
• Water Shortage
• SDWA Notifications
– Tier 1 (Short Term MCLs)
– Tier 2 (Long Term MCLs)
– Tier 3 (Monitoring &
Reporting)
• Problem Corrected
Who Can Issue
• CDPH Primacy for Enforcement of SDWA
– Health and Safety Code Section 116450
• CCR 64463.1 and 64465
– PN Enforced by District Engineers
– LPAs for SWS PN
– PWS To Issue Notice
• CDPH/LPA Will Issue PN if PWS Cannot
– Immediate Public Health Hazard
Who Can Issue
• Public Water Systems
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Can Issue Own PN
Order vs Notice/Advisory
Cannot Contact CDPH/LPA and Need to Inform Public
Issue per PWS Emergency Notification Plan
Who Can Issue
• County Health Officer
– LPA or EHD
– HSC 101040 – Authority to take Preventative
Measures During An Emergency.
– HSC 120175 – Health Officers May Take Preventative
Steps to Control the Spread of Disease.
Guidance - Lifting the BWO
• Corrective Actions Approved by CDPH/LPA
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Identify the cause/problem and resolve
Flushing/isolation/disinfection/discharge
Flushing program complete and effective
Pressures restored to normal
All broken pipes have been repaired, disinfected and
tested for bacti
– Sewer lines also need to be repaired
Guidance - Lifting the BWO
• Sampling Results Approved by CDPH/LPA
• Two sets of clean samples taken 24 hours apart –
representative – bacti quality
• Acceptable turbidity levels
• Sampling and analysis – coliform, chlorine residual,
parameters
• Free chlorine residual > 0.5 mg/L dist sys, inc. extremities
• No reports of illnesses – new cases
• CDPH DO Receive Results
• Prove that the system is clean
• Problem Corrected Notice
Boil Water Notices
Lifting a Boil Water Notice
Boil water notices must only
be lifted after the Dept has
given direction to the water
utility to do so.
Challenges and Experiences
• Coordination with local health officer and
operational areas
• USWA-DND versus DNU
• Different orders issues by different
counties
• Understanding why one notice is issued
instead of another
Conclusion
• Effects will/could be devastating
• Everything is a system with interconnecting and
interdependent components
• We have many resources and many ways to
address these challenges
• We’ve got a great system and we can only get
better
• We need to continue to exercise and learn so
that we can be more resilient and successful
Exercise Considerations
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Your partners and stakeholders
Your strengths and challenges
Your policies and procedures
Your interdependencies (supply/demand
side)
• Your customer (internal and external)
The best-laid plans of mice
and men often go awry.
“To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns
Plan, Plan, Plan
Action, Action, Action
Practice, Practice,
Practice
Questions?
Clifford L. Bowen, P.E.
Senior Homeland Security Engineer
CDPH – DDWEM - No. Cal.
(510) 620-3456
Email: [email protected]
Joseph Crisologo, P.E., R.E.A.
Senior Homeland Security Engineer
CDPH - DDWEM – So. Cal.
(818) 551-2046
Email: [email protected]
Marvin Young
Senior Homeland Security Specialist
CDPH - DDWEM - HQ
(510) 620-3497
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/DDWEM.aspx