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EPA webinar: How a Multi-Year Training and Exercise (T&E) Plan Can Help You

Posted Mon, 2012/08/20 - 9:54am by RCAP

This brief webinar will help you improve your emergency preparedness.

WHO: Drinking water and wastewater utilities interested in learning how to develop a training and exercise plan and how its implementation can help improve their organizations’ emergency preparedness.

WHAT: A webinar that provides information on steps to take when developing a multi-year training and exercise plan and lessons learned from DC Water, which has developed its own plan.

New EPA document on lessons learned from tabletop exercises in emergency preparedness

Posted Tue, 2012/06/19 - 12:31pm by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently posted a “lessons learned” document that captures key highlights from a number of water sector-focused tabletop exercises held over the last couple of years. This document touches on topics such as:

  • Damage assessments
  • Resource requests
  • Back-up power
  • Alternate water supplies,

and includes many helpful resource links.

AWWA Webcast: The Latest on Emergency Water Supply Planning

Posted Thu, 2011/08/25 - 2:09pm 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.