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Funding Available for Vulnerability/Risk Assessment

• EPA Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Water Security Resources
• Grants and Funding

Resources Available for Vulnerability Assessment (EPA)

• Tools and Technical Assistance
• Training Courses, Meeting and Workshops/Webcasts
• Emergency/Incident Planning

Water Security Publications

• Emergency Planning for Water Utilities (AWWA Manual M19)
 Newly updated manual presents techniques for developing complete contingency plans for a variety of emergencies, from natural disasters to human-caused accidents.

• EPA Publications

H2OMAP Homeland Security Protector represents the state-of-the-art in water security planning, force protection, and vulnerability assessment. Unique in its functionality, it will equip you with expanded power and flexibility in estimating the consequences of a terrorist attack or a crisis event on your drinking water supply infrastructure as well as formulating and evaluating sound emergency response, recovery, remediation and operations plans, and security upgrades.

An invaluable infrastructure protection and consequence management tool, H2OMAP Protector is specifically designed to help you reduce your infrastructure vulnerability and enhance your ability to prepare for and respond to natural disasters and emergencies. The program can be effectively used to identify viable solutions before an incident or disaster occurs, or to assist in responding should it occur. Key users will include municipal water utilities, city and county public works departments, and federal, state, and local emergency response and regulatory agencies.

H2OMAP Protector allows the user to model the propagation and concentration of naturally disseminated, accidentally released, or intentionally introduced contaminants and chemical constituents throughout water distribution systems; assess the effects of water treatment on the contaminant; and evaluate the potential impact of unforeseen facility breakdown (e.g., significant structural damage and/or operational disruption). It enables you to locate areas of your systems affected by contamination; calculate population at risk and report customer notification information; and identify the appropriate valves to close to isolate a contamination event. Finally, it helps you track contaminants to the originating supply source(s); compute required purging water volume; develop efficient flushing strategies; determine the resulting impact on fire-fighting capabilities; and prepare data for eventual prosecution.