After two days, the FBI informs your department that they questioned three college students connected to a vehicle that had been parked in the vicinity of the water storage facility. Shoes found in the trunk of the car match the foot-prints found at the reservoir. After questioning, the students admitted to skinny dipping in the reservoir.
Unfortunately, your department was not out in front of the public with information. Rumors circulated about terrorist plots. A blogger falsely linked the terrorism rumor to the local Islamic community and encouraged her readers to harass people attending a mosque near the water facility.
The local newspaper runs a story about your failure to do anything under the headline, “Where Was Public Health?” A reporter writes a negative story, giving you a C- on handling the situation.