Water Laboratory Alliance Security Summit Andrew Sawyers Deputy Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water U.S. EPA 2012 WLA Security Summit Nashville, Tennessee March 23,

Climate Change Improve Air Quality Chemical Safety Clean Up Communities Protect USA’s Waters Environmental Justice State/Tribal Partnerships Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator U.S. EPA EPA’s Priorities 2

Impetus for Water Laboratory Alliance (WLA) Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD 9) directs EPA to: “develop nationwide laboratory networks for... water quality that integrate existing Federal and State laboratory resources, are interconnected, and utilize standardized diagnostic protocols and procedures” WATER LABORATORY ALLIANCE (WLA) 3

Strengthening Drinking Water Programs Planning for “All-Hazards” Threats −Natural disasters −Unintentional incidents −Intentional acts Reexamine ability to prevent, withstand, and recover from serious damage 4

Drinking Water and Collaboration EPA Office of Water Collaborative Efforts Regular meetings with Water Sector Partners APHL Cooperative Program Water Laboratory Alliance 5

WLA Accomplishments Significant WLA Accomplishments: WLA Development and Launch WLA Response Plan Three Multi-regional Full-Scale Exercises Development and Implementation of the WLA Training Center Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Multi-Lab Validation Chemical Methods for Priority Contaminants Two WLA Security Summits 6

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