Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

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Suggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American Water Works Association. Emergency water supply planning guide for hospitals and health care facilities. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2011.

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of their agencies or organizations. The use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by authoring agencies or organizations.

Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities; iii

Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

American Water Works Association and

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Acknowledgments

The funding of this handbook was a collaboration between the American Water Works Associations (AWWAs) Water Industry Technical Action Fund and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDCs) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and National Center for Environmental Health.

The following Core Strategy Team assisted in the development of this handbook:

Matt Arduino (CDC) John Collins (American Society of Healthcare Engineering) Charlene Denys (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5) David Hiltebrand (AH Environmental Consultants, Inc.) Mark Miller (CDC) Drew Orsinger (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) Alan Roberson (AWWA) John C. Watson (CDC)

A workshop was held in Atlanta on November 3-4, 2009, to review the draft handbook. The following attendees provided additional assistance to the Core Strategy Team in the development of this handbook:

Steve Bieber (Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments) Michael Chisholm (Joint Commission) David Esterquest (Central DuPage Hospital) Karl Feaster (Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta) Mary Fenderson (Kidney Emergency Response Coalition) Dale Froneberger (EPA Region 4) Shelli Grapp (Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Don Needham (Anne Arundel County, Maryland) Patricia Needham (Childrens National Medical Center) Tom Plouff (EPA Region 4) Brian Smith (EPA Region 4) John Wilgis (Florida Hospital Association) Charles Williams (Georgia Department of Natural Resources) Janice Zalen (American Health Care Association)

The Core Strategy Team would also like to thank Zeina Hinedi, Ph.D. (AH Environmental Consultants, Inc.) for her contribution to Section 7, Emergency Water Alternatives, and to Kim Mason (AH Environmental Consultants, Inc.) for her diligent and patient editing and preparation of this document.

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Contents

1. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................. 1

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 3

3. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 5

4. OVERVIEW OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS................................................................................. 8

5. PLAN ELEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 10

6. WATER USE AUDIT ....................................................................................................................... 12

6.1. WATER USE AUDIT WORK PLAN ....................................................................................................... 12

6.2. APPROACH .................................................................................................................................... 12

6.3. STEP 1: DETERMINE WATER USAGE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS ........................................ 13

6.4. STEP 2: IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MINIMUM WATER NEEDS ................................................. 14

6.5. STEP 3: IDENTIFY EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES ......................................................... 16

6.6. STEP 4: IDENTIFY EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS ....................................................................... 17

6.7. STEP 5: DEVELOP EMERGENCY WATER RESTRICTION PLAN .................................................................... 18

7. EMERGENCY WATER ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................. 20

7.1. OVERVIEW AND INITIAL DECISION MAKING ......................................................................................... 20

7.2. STORAGE TANKS ............................................................................................................................. 24

7.3. OTHER NEARBY WATER SOURCES ...................................................................................................... 28

7.4. TANKER-TRANSPORTED WATER ......................................................................................................... 35

7.5. LARGE TEMPORARY STORAGE TANKS (GREATER THAN 55 GALLONS) ....................................................... 39

7.6. WATER STORAGE CONTAINERS (55 GALLONS AND SMALLER) ................................................................ 44

7.7. WATER STORAGE LOCATION AND ROTATION ....................................................................................... 47

7.8. PORTABLE TREATMENT UNITS ........................................................................................................... 47

7.9. CONTAMINANTS: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ..................................................................................... 48

7.10. TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES ........................................................................................................... 48

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8. CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................ 58

9. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 59

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................... 61

APPENDIX A: CASE STUDIES .............................................................................................................. 64

CASE STUDY NO. 1: LARGE ACADEMIC MEDICAL FACILITY ............................................................................ 64

CASE STUDY NO. 2: NURSING HOME ........................................................................................................ 67

APPENDIX B: EXAMPLE PLAN ............................................................................................................ 68

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 68

PROJECT APPROACH ............................................................................................................................... 68

WATER USE AUDIT RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 69

OPERATING DURATION OF RESERVOIR DURING WATER OUTAGE ................................................................... 70

RECOMMENDED RESPONSE PLAN FOR WATER OUTAGE ............................................................................... 70

ADVANCED EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS .................................................................................................... 70

NONESSENTIAL SERVICES ........................................................................................................................ 71

OTHER WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES ............................................................................................... 71

ISOLATION OF WATER SUPPLY ................................................................................................................. 71

EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 73

APPENDIX C: LOSS-OF-WATER-SCENARIO ......................................................................................... 74

DOES YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING ISSUES? .......................................... 74

APPENDIX D: EXAMPLE WATER USE AUDIT FORMS 1 AND 2 .............................................................. 83

DEPARTMENT WATER USE AUDIT FORM 1 POPULATION ........................................................................... 83

DEPARTMENT WATER USE AUDIT FORM 2 - ACTIVITY WATER USE ................................................................ 84

APPENDIX E: PORTABLE WATER FLOW METERS ................................................................................ 85

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List of Tables

Table 6.3-1. Some Typical Water U