Goals
The goals of the Water Laboratory Alliance Response Plan (WLA-RP) Module are:
- Introduce the purpose and scope of the WLA-RP
- Describe the benefits of using the WLA-RP processes and procedures to coordinate laboratory response during an event
- Present resources available to support analytical responses during an event
Objectives
Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
- Identify the purpose and scope of the WLA-RP
- Describe the responsibilities of the three main roles listed in the WLA-RP: Analytical Services Requester (ASR), Primary Responding Laboratory (PRL), and Mutual Support Laboratory (MSL)
- Describe coordination between the three main WLA-RP roles and how the roles integrate with the Incident Command System (ICS)
- Describe how communication and notifications during an event should be handled
- List resources that can be used to identify support laboratories
- Discuss factors that influence the types of methods selected for analysis and the level of Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC) performed
Audience
The target audience for this module includes:
- Water utilities
- Laboratories
- First responders
- Emergency managers
- Public information officers (PIOs)
- State drinking water administrators
- Other government officials
- EPA regions