Drinking Water Security for Small Systems Serving 3,300 or Fewer Persons

One of the Simple Tools for Effective Performance (STEP) Guide Series

Designed for community water systems (CWSs) serving 3,300 or fewer persons. CWSs include all publicly and privately owned systems providing drinking water to at least 25 year-round residential customers or 15 year-round service connections. This guide may be useful for:

• ssmall-town systems
• homeowners’ associations
• rural water districts
• small, private systems
• tribal systems
• public service districts (PSDs)
• manufactured-home communities

This guide presents basic information and steps you can take to improve security and emergency preparedness at your water system. It explains why security improvements are important and discusses vulnerability assessments (VAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs) – tools that you can use to improve security at your system.

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43 pages