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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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