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Epidemic/Pandemic Emergency Planning for Water Utilities
Author(s) -
States Stanley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/awwa.1631
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , natural disaster , environmental planning , public health , business , disaster planning , emergency planning , emergency management , key (lock) , computer security , environmental health , economic growth , geography , computer science , poison control , economics , suicide prevention , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , virology , nursing , disease , pathology , meteorology , outbreak
Key Takeaways Epidemics and pandemics are natural disasters that water utilities must prepare for and respond to. There are mitigation measures that utilities can employ during an epidemic or pandemic to reduce the impact of these disasters on their operations and the communities that they serve. The guidance and resources in this article should help drinking water utilities deal with present and future COVID‐19 concerns, as well as other public health emergencies that will undoubtedly occur in the future.