"The proceedinge of the Water contamination emergencies: enhancing our response conference held on 12-15 June 2005 at Manchester University."

Contamination of water supplies and the immediate availability of appropriate emergency responses to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) events which result in contaminated water are becoming increasingly relevant and significant issues in the water industry and in the wider world. Consequently, new strategies and technologies are being constantly evolved and refined by leading experts in the field in order to achieve rapid and effective responses to water contamination events.Water Contamination Emergencies: Enhancing our Response brings together contributions from leading scientists and experts from both academia and industry in the field of water contamination and emergency planning. The book covers a wide range of topics including responses to water contamination emergencies, impacts on public health and commerce, risk assessment, analysis and monitoring, emergency planning, control and planning and threats to the water industry.This book is ideal for specialists in the field of water contamination and emergency response planning, especially researchers and professionals in industry and government who require an authoritative and highly specialised resource on water contamination management. The reader will gain an appreciation of the activities supporting the development of responses to contamination events; emergency actions required in response to the contamination of drinking water; and incident management. Also discussed are the importance of communication between organisations and the public; consumer perceptions and the need for robust and rapid screening of samples to help answer the key question "Is this water safe to drink?" INDICE. Introduction: Themes and Objectives; Safety, Security, (Un)certainty; The Water Industry's Perspective of Water Contamination Emergencies; The Customers ̕View on Water Contamination; Achieving an Appropriate Balance? - An Ofwat Perspective; Water Contamination: Case Scenarios; Chemical Contamination of Water - Toxic Effects; HPA Role on Health Risk Advice to Public Health Teams; Preventing Drinking Water Emergencies סter Quality Monitoring Lessons from Recent Outbreak Experience; Water Safety Plans and Their Role in Preventing and Managing Contamination of the Water Supply; The Use of Computational Toxicology for Emergency Response Assessment; Risk Management Capabilities {u052F}wards Mindfulness for the International Water Utility Sector; Mass Spectrometry Screening Techniques; The Utilisation On-line of Common Parameter Monitoring as a Surveillance Tool for Enhancing Water Security; Risk Assessment Methodology for Water Utilities (RAM-WTM) - the Foundation for Emergency Response Planning; Faster, Smaller, Cheaper: Technical Innovations for Next-Generation Water Monitoring; A Dutch View of Emergency Planning and Control; Water Distribution System Modelling: an Essential Component of Total System Security; Strengthening Collaborations for Water-Related Health Risk Communications;