Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT)
Basic Information
The Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT) is used by the water sector to prepare for, respond to or recover from drinking water and wastewater contamination incidents. WCIT includes comprehensive information about contaminants that could be introduced into a water system following a natural disaster, vandalism, accident or act or terrorism. There are currently over 800 priority contaminants of concern listed in WCIT.
Access to this password-protected tool will be granted to select personnel from:
- Drinking water and wastewater utilities.
- Government public health and environmental laboratories.
- Commercial laboratories that serve utilities.
- State and local emergency response agencies (e.g., Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs)).
- EPA and other federal agencies.
- State primacy agencies.
- Public health agencies.
- Water associations.
Get Data/Tool
To apply for access to the WCIT database, visit Central Data Exchange website.
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