ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

Water

Training Schedule

• FY2025 Drinking Water Course Schedule Announcement
• FY25 EH Course Request Registration Form

Policy and Guidance

• NMCPHC Legionella Response Guidance Manual 20 Nov 2020 - NMCPHC Legionella Response Guidance Manual 20 Nov 2020
• NAVFAC Potable Water Quality Management Guidance - NAVFAC Potable Water Quality Management Guidance Document
• MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS COMMAND POLICY LETTER 3-21: - Sampling and Testing For Lead in Drinking Water in Priority Areas
• MCO P5090.2 - V16 - Environmental Compliance and Protection, Drinking Water Systems and Water Conservation, 11 Jun 2018
• COMNAVSURFPAC/COMNAVSURFLANT INSTRUCTION 6000.1 Shipboard Medical Department Procedures Manual 06 Mar 2014
• COMNAVAIRFORINST 6000.1B Shipboard Medical Procedures Manual 09 Nov 2020
• COMSUBLANT/COMSUBPACINST 6000.2E - Standard Submarine Medical Procedures Manual for Submarine Medical Departments
• OPNAVINST 5090.1E - Environmental Readiness Program, 3 Sep 2019
• OPNAV-M 5090.1 - Environmental Readiness Program Manual, Jun 2021
  • Chapter 7: Sampling and Laboratory Testing
  • Chapter 21: Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance Ashore
  • Chapter 34: Overseas Environmental Compliance Ashore
  • CNICINST 5090.1A - Navy Overseas Drinking Water Program Ashore Manual
  • CNIC M-5090.1B - Navy Overseas Drinking Water Program Ashore
• CNICINST 5090.7 - NAVY Drinking Water Program Management Ashore
• BUMEDINST 6240.10D - Department of the Navy Medical Drinking Water Program
• NAVMED P-5010-5 - Water Quality For Shore Installations
• NAVMED P-5010-6 - Water Quality Afloat
• NAVMED P-5010-10 - Sanitary Control and Surveillance of Field Water Supplies
• Lead in Drinking Water in Priority Areas
• BUMEDINST 6200.14D - 30 Aug 2017 - CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
• OPNAVINST 5090 - Update to Policy on Sampling and Testing for Lead in Drinking Water in Priority Areas
• CNIC Instruction 5090.6A LIPA Sampling and Testing July 2024
• EPA Revised PN Handbook 2023 
• CNIC Shore Drinking Water Quality Reports
  • FINAL FY19 Shore Drinking Water Quality Report
  • FINAL FY20 Shore Drinking Water Quality Report
  • FINAL FY21 Shore Drinking Water Quality Report
• Navy Policy on Drinking Water Exceedances
• DODMANUAL 4715.05, VOLUME 3 - Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document: Water

Forms

• Environmental Health Course Registration Form
• Water Container Inspection Survey
• Municipal Water System Reconnaissance Survey
• Environmental Health Programs- Forms Guidance

Suggested Equipment for Surveillance Sampling

• DR300 Pocket Colorimeter, Chlorine, Free + Total, with Box (Product # LPV445.97.00110) this is the unit that is EPA approved for reporting compliance
• ​SpecCheck Secondary Gel Standards Set DPD Chlorine-LR., Product Number 2635300
• ​Hach SpecCheck ​Secondary Gel Standards Set, DPD Chlorine-HR., Product number 2893300
  • Reagents, Supplies and Equipment for Hach Pocket Colorimeter The following reagents, supplies and equipment are needed to conductchlorine measurement in the field:
  • DPD free chlorine reagent powder pillows, for free chlorine determination in drinking water using Hach Method 8021. - Low Range: 0.02 to 2.00 mg/L Cl2. Sample Size: 10 mL. Pack of 100 powder pillows (Product # 2105569).
  • DPD total chlorine reagent powder pillows, for total chlorine determination in drinking water using Hach Method 8167. - Low Range: 0.02 to 2.00 mg/L Cl2. Sample Size: 10 mL. Pack of 100 powder pillows (Product # 2105669).
  • Disposable wipes, ideal for use with spectrophotometer cells and other optically sensitive glasses (Product # 2097000); pack 280.
  • Hach Low Range Test
• pH - Extech pH100: ExStik pH Meter
  • ExStikTM Waterproof pH Meters Models PH100 and PH110
• Microbiological:
  • Incubator, Hach portable, 12 VDC, 30 - 50 °C (± 0.5 °C)
  • IDEXX, Colilert Test: (20-test pack, Catelog # WP020l/Part # 98-12972-00). Call 800-321-0207 to order (Customer Service)
  • IDEXX Test Vessels (120ml): (20 pack, (Catelog # WV120SBST-20/Part # 98-09220-00). Call 800-321-0207 to order (Customer Service)
  • IDEXX Comparator: (Catelog # WP104/Part # 98-11682-00). Call 800-321-0207 to order (Customer Service)

Fact Sheet Library

• Overseas Drinking Water Program
• Ice Machine Fact Sheet 
• NMCPHC Fact Sheet Copper
• Coliform Bacteria in Drinking Water
• Legionella
• Lead in Drinking Water
• NMCPHC Fact Sheet: Drinking Water-Bacteriological Monitoring
• NMCPHC Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Quality - Public Notifications
• NMCPHC Fact Sheet FAQ - Water
• NMCPHC Fact Sheet: Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts
• Responding to Drinking Water Concerns USN Ships MAY 2024
• Primer Drinking Water Investigations USN Ships MAY 2024
• Shore Potable Water for Ships Fact Sheet

Resources

• OCONUS Installation Preventive Medicine Authority Drinking Water Surveillance SOP
• CONUS Installation Preventive Medicine Authority Drinking Water Surveillance SOP
• CDC, Healthy Water
• CDC, Drinking Water Advisory Toolbox
• EPA . Guidance and Tools for Drinking Water for Schools and Child Care Centers
• EPA Drinking Water Rule Quick Reference Guides
• EPA, Drinking Water Standards & Health Effects
• EPA, Revised Public Notification Handbook
• EPA, Drinking Water Standards and Risk Management
• EPA, Ground Water and Drinking Water
• EPRPortal
• EPA, Talking to your Customers about Chronic Contaminants in Drinking Water
• U.S. Army Public Health Command, Food and Water Risk Assessments
• World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality

Contact Information