Hi all…The USEPA released a report in Feb 2017 entitled “Sampling Guidance for Unknown Contaminants in Drinking Water.” If you’re like me, it’s one of those reports that probably won’t make it to the top of your reading list until you really need it. You can save some time during a contamination event by downloading it now at no cost from: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/documents/sampling_guidance_for_unknown_contaminants_in_drinking_water_02152017_final.pdf
Bill
Sampling Guidance for Unknown Contaminants in Drinking Water
“This Sampling Guidance for Unknown Contaminants in Drinking Water provides comprehensive guidance that integrates recommendations for pathogen, toxin, chemical, and radiochemical sample collection, preservation, and transport procedures to support multiple analytical approaches for the detection and identification of potential contaminants in drinking water. The guidance is intended to support sampling for routine and baseline monitoring to determine background concentrations of naturally occurring contaminants, sampling in response to a contamination event, and sampling in support of remediation or decontamination efforts. The primary intended audience of this guidance document is drinking water utilities, but it may also be a useful reference for emergency response personnel, water teams, and laboratories.”
