Spills/Incident ManagementMonitoring, Mapping and
Contingency Planning
Jerry Schulte, ManagerSource Water Protection and Emergency Response
forORSANCO and UMBRA Joint Meeting
Technical/Water Quality SessionJune 5, 2013
Ohio River
• 32 Public Drinking Water Supplies• >5 million people
ORSANCO Source Water ProtectionProgram Integration
WATER QUALITYMONITORING
INTER-AGENCYCOMMUNICATION
EMERGENCYRESPONSE
OSWP
ORSANCO Monitoring Programs
• Metals (Dissolved/Total Recoverable)
• Nutrients (Nutrient Criteria Development)
• Bacteria (TMDL)
• Algae (Recreation and Drinking Water Protection)
• Biota (fish, bugs, mussels, fish tissue)
• Pesticides (Atrazine)
• Volatile Organics (Organics Detection System)
• Tremendous Inter-agency communication due to committee structure
• 6 mainstem state environmental quality agencies– State EPAs, health, emergency response, fish
management, etc.
• 3 USEPA regions• USFWS, USGS, USACE, USCG
ORSANCO Communication Programs
ORSANCO Emergency Response Programs
• Spill communication system– Supported by ORSANCO staff
• Receive NRC Spill Reports for all countiesalong Ohio River and major tributaries 24/7
• Communicate necessary ones to utilities• Support utilities needs during spill events• Time of travel calculations• Estimates of in-stream concentrations• Sample collection and analysis
ORSANCO Source Water ProtectionProgram Integration
WATER QUALITYMONITORING
INTER-AGENCYCOMMUNICATION
EMERGENCYRESPONSE
OSWP
Organics Detection System
• Established 1978 after Carbon Tetrachloride released into the Kanawha River contaminated water supply systems in Huntington, Portsmouth, Cincinnati.
• Initial assistance from utilities, ORSANCO and U.S.EPA to establish seven monitoring stations.
• By 1985 13 ODS stations were operational• Presently 16 stations spanning over 1000 miles of navigable
waters from Pittsburgh to Paducah
OHINIL
KY
WV
VA
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Portsmouth
Louisville
Evansville
Paducah
Allegheny R.
Monongahela R.
Kanawha R.
Muskingum R.
Scioto R.
Great Miami R.
Licking R.
Kentucky R.
Green R.
Cumberland R.
Tennessee R.
Wabash R.Wheeling
ParkersburgCincinnati
Organics Detection SystemLocations
Big Sandy R.
NY
PA
Drinking Water Intakes
Drinking water intakes andOrganics Detection SystemSitesIndustrial water intakes and Organics Detection SystemSites
ODS Analytical Equipment
• GC/Mass Spec
ODS Analytical EquipmentINFICON CMS 500Gas Chromatograph with argon ionization detector and continuous flow purge cell
ODS Analytical Equipment
ODS - System Operation
• Collect and analyze four samples of untreated river water every 24 hours (blank, ccv, raw)
• Detections exceeding 2ug/L prompt ORSANCO notification by operator
• The detection is verified by operator and ORSANCO ODS staff
• Notifications to drinking water utilities, NRC and state emergency response agencies
Compounds Identified by the ODSStyrene BromodichloromethaneBromoform Carbon TetrachlorideChloroform Dibromochloromethane1,1 Dichloroethane 1,2 Dichloroethane1,1 Dichloroethylene 1,2 DichloropropaneMethylene Chloride Tetrachloroethylene1,1,1 Trichloroethane TrichloroethyleneTrichlorofluoromethane BenzeneChlorobenzene Ethylbenzene1,2 Dichlorobenzene 1,3 Dichlorobenzene1,4 Dichlorobenzene Toluene
THO 160 ug/l, MCL FOR TOLUENE 1,000 ug/l
ODS Spill Detection ODS Spill Detection Organics Detection System – Why?
Organics Detection System – Why?
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Perchloroethylene Levels
MCL 5 ppb
THO 1000 ug/l, MCL FOR PERC 5 ug/l
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ORSANCO ODS Benzene DetectionsFebruary 2 - 19, 2003
Weirton Wheeling Sistersville Parkersburg Huntington Portsmouth Cincinnati Louisville
Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur2/2 2/3 2/4 2/5 2/6 2/7 2/8 2/9 2/10 2/11 2/12 2/13 2/14 2/15 2/16 2/17 2/18 2/19
ORM 65 ORM 87 ORM 138 ORM 191 ORM 304 ORM 351 ORM 463 ORM 609
MCL Benzene, 5 ug/L
TABLE OF CONTENTSPROCEDURES 1SPILL NOTIFICATION 3
STATE AGENCIESFEDERAL AGENCIES
NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER 5U.S. EPA 5U.S. COAST GUARD 6U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATORS WORKGROUP 8
ODS QUICK REFERENCE 10 OHIO RIVER DRINKING WATER INTAKE CONTACT
INFORMATION 11 TRIBUTARY DRINKING WATER INTAKE CONTACT
INFORMATION 17 RIVER MILE POINTS OF COUNTIES BORDERING THE
OHIO RIVER 22
OHIO RIVER MAIN STEM NAVIGATION SYSTEM 18
OHIO RIVER LOCKS AND DAMS 19
ALLEGHENY, MONONGAHELA, AND KANAWHA RIVER LOCKS AND DAM 21
TRIBUTARIES TO THE OHIO RIVER 23 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 29 SOURCES OF CHEMICAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA 30RIVER HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION 30RIVER STAGE INFORMATION 30CHEMTREC 30
CONVERSION FACTORS 31 OHIO RIVER MILE POINTS
32 OHIO RIVER COUNTIES, DRINKING WATER
INTAKES AND LOCKS & DAMS (0.0-490.0)
OHIO RIVER COUNTIES, DRINKING WATER INTAKES AND LOCKS & DAMS (460.0-981.3)
Emergency Response Directory
Spill Coordination Workgroups
• Upper Ohio River Focus Group– Emergency Response, water quality, SID, CID
• Federal, state
• Cincinnati Sub-area Focus Group– Incident Action Plan and Tactical Response Plan
• Federal, state, local, industries
• Great Rivers Spills Communication Group– Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers
• Federal, state
• Huntington Area Tri-State Spills Communication Group• Federal, state, local, industries
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