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The SAFETY Act: A Powerful Benefit for the Water Sector
Author(s) -
Spence Shan,
Ali Akmal,
Taylor Vance
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0113
Subject(s) - homeland security , terrorism , business , liability , work (physics) , water utility , water sector , computer security , environmental planning , law , finance , engineering , political science , environmental science , water supply , computer science , environmental engineering , mechanical engineering
If an organization is exposed daily to catastrophic liability by virtue of the type of work it does, why would it not take every reasonable step possible to protect itself from the legal fallout of a terrorist attack? This is the exact question that drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators across the United States need to be asking themselves. AWWA became the first organization to receive SAFETY Act (Support Anti‐terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002) protections from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for water utility‐related security standards.