Water Safety and Water Infrastructure Security features articles from theWiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to contamination of drinking water, prevention, monitoring, and decontamination. Emergency response planning for drinking water and wastewater systems are also discussed.

John Voeller worked at the Executive Office of the President as a senior analyst on homeland security and as a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security on all aspects of infrastructure protection. He is Senior Vice President, Chief Knowledge Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Black and Veatch, the largest privately held engineering company in the United States. He has served as Technical Leader, Chemical, for the Biological, Radiological Technology Alliance (CBRTA), working on advanced technology to deal with terrorist threats with 13 major companies. He has also served as chairman of ASME's Critical Asset Protection Initiative, leading eight teams of world experts in developing industry's agenda for homeland security needs as well as planning first responder actions and risk analysis of terrorist and catastrophic incidents.

Preface vii

1. Potential Contamination Agents of Interest 1

2. Surveillance Methods and Technologies for Water and Wastewater Systems 19

3. Designing an Optimal Water Monitoring Systems 33

4. Emergency Response Planning for Drinking Water Systems 47

5. Treatability of Contaminants in Conventional Systems 71

6. Decontamination Methods for Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Systems 77

7. Decontamination Methods for Wastewater and Stormwater Collection and Treatment Systems 101

8. Prevention of Contamination of Drinking Water in Buildings and Large Venues 115

9. Understanding the Implications of Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies for Water 129

Index 145