Large Water System Emergency Response Plan Outline: Guidance to Assist Community Water Systems in Complying with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. EPA 810-F-03-007. For use by community water systems serving populations of 100,000 and greater. Safe and reliable drinking water is vital to every community. Emergency response planning is an essential part of managing a drinking water system. The introduction should identify the requirement to have a documented emergency response plan (ERP), the goal(s) of the plan (e.g., be able to quickly identify an emergency and initiate timely and effective response action, be able to quickly respond and repair damages to minimize system downtime), and how access to the plan is limited.
Plans should be numbered for control. Recipients should sign and date a statement that includes their (1) ERP number, (2) agreement not to reproduce the ERP, and (3) they have read the ERP. ERPs do not necessarily need to be one document. They may consist of an overview document, individual Emergency Action Procedures, check lists, additions to existing operations manuals, appendices, etc. There may be separate, more detailed plans for specific incidents. There may be plans that do not include particularly sensitive information and those that do. Existing applicable documents should be referenced in the ERP (e.g., chlorine Risk Management Program, contamination response).
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