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AWWA ACE69033
- A New Look at Water Security: Protecting and Stewarding Fragile Resources
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2008
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing HHS/RCAP project goals that include the following:develop information, tools, and training tohelp small utility board members developa culture of safety and security at thewater system; and,understand full range of risks andthreats that could impact small utilities'source water, operations, and services. Interview questions are presented for small water systems on risks or threats they are facing, and the level of importance security issues are assigned. Local vandalism, natural disasters, water security, climate change, groundwater overpumping, source water contamination, mountaintop removal, aging infrastructure, and aging workforce are issues that are ranked from high to low priority. Addressing these problems usingcurrent management strategies, and influencing change in smallsystems and communities are presented.