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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

response guidelines

6.3.5 Notification by Public Health THREAT EVALUATION STAGE Possible ________ Credible________ Confirmatory I • Details of notification from • Geographic distiibution of disease • Results of site characterization n public health sector. or death. at selected investigation sites. • Symptoms of disease and • Recent water quality and • Results of sample analysis. f causative agent, if known. operational data. • Contaminant information. o • Contaminant information. • Reports of consumer complaints. • FBI assessment. Bl • Contaminant information. W a t i o o • Wiry is water under • Is the geographic pattern of • Has the public health agency investigation as a possible exposure consistent with exposure concluded that water is the source? to contaminated water? cause of the disease or deaths? • Are the reported symptoms • Is tliere a recent occunence of • Did sample analysis detect the consistent with exposure to unusual water quality data or causative agent? 1 the contaminant via water? consumer complaints? • Was another contaminant • If causative agent is known, • Does additional information about detected during sample B is it stable in water? the potential contaminant indicate water as a potential source? analysis that could be the cause of the disease or deaths? IIIi

• Notifications within utility. • FBI. • Emergency response agencies.

io • State/local public health agency. • Local and State law enforcement agencies. • National Response Center. • Other state and federal • Drinking water primacy assistance providers. t agency. i f III

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