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AWWA Webcast: The Latest on Emergency Water Supply Planning

Posted Thu, 2011/08/25 - 1:09pm by RCAP

August 31, 2011

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
noon - 1:00 p.m. CDT
11:00 a.m. - noon MDT
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. PDT

Program overview

This webcast will present an overview of the recently released guides on Planning for an Emergency Drinking Water Supply and Emergency Water Supply Planning for Hospitals and Health Care Facilities. 

Emergency water-supply planning guide for hospitals and health care facilities

Posted Thu, 2011/06/30 - 8:44am by RCAP

In order to maintain daily operations and patient-care services, health care facilities need to develop an emergency water-supply plan (EWSP) to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial interruption of the facilities’ normal water supply. Water-supply interruption can be caused by several types of events, such as natural disaster, a failure of the community water system, construction damage or even an act of terrorism.

Free water sector interdependencies training

Posted Tue, 2010/03/09 - 4:27pm by RCAP

The Water Environment Federation (WEF), in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), announces a series of general awareness trainings on water sector interdependencies. The training is offered at no cost to eligible participants. However, participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements and costs. Executives, managers, and operators of water sector (water and wastewater) utilities, as well as representatives from other critical infrastructures, are the target audience of the training.