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NDWAC Report Describes Infrastructure Security Road Map
Author(s) -
Scharfenakery Mark
Publication year - 2005
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.1551-8833.2005.tb10922.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , water security , business , incentive , environmental security , public administration , environmental planning , water resources , engineering , political science , environmental science , economics , mechanical engineering , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology , microeconomics
This article discusses a report that describes an integrated approach for the voluntary implementation and evaluation of crucial security policies and practices for water and wastewater treatment facilities and incentives to do so. The report was produced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Water Security Work Group. The report details consensus findings on what constitutes an “active and effective” security program, a set of core measures for evaluating utility‐specific and nationwide progress in implementing such security programs, and ways that federal and state agencies, water and wastewater organizations, and Congress should encourage implementation.