EPA recently released Developing Risk Communication Plans for Drinking Water Contamination Incidents, a publication to help drinking water utilities with developing and implementing an effective risk communication plan to respond to drinking water contamination incidents. The document is a companion to the Water Security Initiative: Interim Guidance on Developing Consequence Management Plans for Drinking Water Utilities(EPA, 2008) and the Response Protocol Toolbox: Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Threats and Incidents (EPA, 2004), which provide guidance to drinking water utilities regarding planning, designing, implementing and maintaining an effective drinking water contamination incident emergency action procedure. The documents are available on the WaterISAC portal at www.waterisac.org.