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Trust and Cooperation: Are They of Value in Today's Security‐conscious Water Industry?
Author(s) -
Jacobs Jack,
Smull Liesel
Publication year - 2004
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/j.1551-8833.2004.tb10569.x
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , agency (philosophy) , business , face (sociological concept) , value (mathematics) , vulnerability assessment , computer security , environmental economics , environmental resource management , environmental planning , operations management , computer science , engineering , geography , economics , sociology , psychology , social science , machine learning , psychological resilience , psychotherapist
Small systems face a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEAP) deadline of June 2004 for completion of their vulnerability assessments. This article describes how two small water systems, Lehigh County Authority (LCA) and Whitehall Township Authority (WTA) in the Lehigh Valley Region of Eastern Pennsylvania, because of a long history of cooperation, were able to save 20 to 30% by doing joint vulnerability assessments. Through open discussion, the utilities were able to share details about their systems, operational procedures, ideas, and challenges, and were able to learn important lessons about their respective vulnerabilities and gain some insights about how the other utility handled similar problems.