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The New Worst‐Case Scenario
Author(s) -
Lafrance David
Publication year - 2011
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.1551-8833.2011.tb11450.x
Subject(s) - damages , emergency management , emergency planning , resilience (materials science) , agency (philosophy) , business , asset management , wastewater , risk management , china , asset (computer security) , engineering , operations management , environmental planning , finance , computer security , environmental science , waste management , computer science , political science , law , philosophy , physics , epistemology , thermodynamics
In his column, AWWA Executive Director David LaFrance describes the March 2011 combined earthquake/tsunami/nuclear power plant radiation leak disaster in Japan as the new worst‐case scenario, which demonstrates the importance of utilities planning emergency response programs. LaFrance had recently returned from meeting with the Japan Water Works Association (JWWA) in Japan in February, and heard via email the day of the disaster that his JWWA colleagues were trying to communicate with and support the Japanese water supply utilities that suffered damages. He describes two AWWA‐sponsored programs created to unite the water industry in protecting public health: the Water/ Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN), a voluntary mutual aid and assistance network of utilities that respond to emergencies in which other water/wastewater utilities have sustained damages; and, the ANSI/ ASME‐ITI/AWWA J100‐10 Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP#174) Standard for Risk and Resilience Management of Water and Wastewater Systems.