Full Scale Drinking Water System Decontamination at the Water Security Test Bed.

The EPA's Water Security Test Bed (WSTB) facility is a full-scale representation of a drinking water distribution system. In collaboration with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), EPA designed the WSTB facility to support full-scale evaluations of water infrastructure decontamination, real-time sensors, mobile water treatment systems, and decontamination of premise plumbing and appliances. The EPA research focused on decontamination of 1) (BG) spores, a non-pathogenic surrogate for and 2) Bakken crude oil.

CANARY Eases Water Quality Event Detection.

A free software tool from the US Environmental Protection Agency was put through its paces at a midsize water utility and bolstered the utility's water quality event-detection capabilities.