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Emergency preparedness for drinking water and wastewater systems
Author(s) -
Whitler John
Publication year - 2007
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.1551-8833.2007.tb07885.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , emergency planning , water sector , preparedness , business , water security , wastewater , water industry , environmental planning , emergency management , safe drinking water act , water supply , environmental science , water resources , water quality , environmental engineering , economic growth , political science , ecology , law , biology , philosophy , epistemology , economics
This article gives an overview of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) Water Security Division (WSD) whose mission is to provide national leadership to the water sector in developing and promoting security practices that enhance the water sector's ability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from natural or human‐caused emergencies. The article focuses on how USEPA is supporting the water sector to be better prepared and reduce the effect on public health, the environment, and the economy should an incident ever occur.