In the post-9/11 environment, the anthrax attacks of 18 September 2001 re-energized
several aspects of water security research. In the private sector, there was a resurgence of
interest in transportable water treatment devices and in developing sensor technology to
identify contaminants in water. Government scientists and engineers became interested
in improving the current understanding of fate and transport of contaminants in water
distribution systems and in developing water treatment and cleanup technology that did
not generate hazardous waste.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), ECBC, and ERDC stakeholders concluded that the pre-existing fate and
transport models should be updated to include results from meso-scale testing. The
Water Security Research Test Loop (WSRTL) is designed to help update these models
with meso-scale testing of fate and transport of chemical and biological (CB) agents. The WSRTL would also
serve as a test-bed to facilitate new generations of sensor technology and water treatment
technology.
This paper presents basic discussions about likely attack scenarios, remaining problems with
current models of fate and transport of contaminants in a distribution system, and areas of
current research. Includes 14 references, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 04/10/2005 |
