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EPA is focused on improving the nation's ability to protect from and respond to terrorist attacks on our water and wastewater infrastructure. More

Indoor and Outdoor Decontamination Research

EPA is focused on improving the nation's ability to respond to terrorist attacks affecting indoor and the outdoor environment. More

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EPA evaluates the performance of commercially available technologies that may have homeland security application. More

Determining the Impacts of Decontamination Technologies on Building Materials - EPA investigated decontamination technologies for restoring public buildings to a usable state after a terrorist contamination event. Read more



	Use of the Standardized Analytical Methods following a Homeland Security Event helps multiple laboratories to perform consistent analyses and obtain comparable results. More


	The Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment (TEVA) research program investigates the potential impacts of contamination events on water utility distribution systems and helps develop techniques and methods to reduce these impacts. More

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