Homeland Security Research

Research Areas

Water Security Research

EPA’s water security research focuses on developing tools and applications that can provide contamination warnings to water utilities in the event of terrorist attacks with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons.

• Overview
• Infrastructure Protection
• Contaminant Detection
• Containment and Mitigation
• Treatment and Decontamination
• Risk Assessment

Indoor and Outdoor Decontamination Research

EPA’s indoor and outdoor decontamination research focuses on developing and testing tools, applications, and methods to clean up sites contaminated in terrorist attacks with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons.

• Overview
• Detection
• Contaminant Fate and Transport
• Indoor and Outdoor Decontamination
• Risk Assessment