Water System Security

Author : Larry W. Mays
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071501339
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Supply Systems Security written by Larry W. Mays and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for engineers, professors, and water utility managers involved in the security of water supply systems. Written by a team of experts, this is the first book to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of the safety and security of water supply systems. This unique and authoritative compendium presents detailed coverage of the major infrastructure issues in water system security. Topics range from vulnerability assessment to safeguards against cyber threats to hydraulic network analysis for contamination response. Each chapter provides professional guidance on designing, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating water systems to ensure state-of-the-art and security. FEATURES INCLUDE: * Overview of methodologies for reliability analysis and assessment of vulnerability to terrorist attack and for emergency response planning. * Monitoring and modeling methods for early warning systems that enhance security * Specialized remote monitoring equipment, networks, and optimal location of control and isolation valves * Organizational frameworks and procedures for improving the security and safety of water supply systems * Options for emergency preparedness, including water supply for nonconventional times and contamination responses * Case studies from the field: a reconstruction of historical contamination events * Security hardware and surveillance systems

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089824
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-02-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs. This report recommends increased attention to interagency coordination and encourages additional consideration of current restrictions on secure information dissemination. It further suggests that EPA incorporate the results of their research activities into an integrated water security guidance document to improve support for water and wastewater utilities.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309105668
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving the Nation's Water Security written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern over terrorist attacks since 2001 has directed attention to potential vulnerabilities of the nation's water and wastewater systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which leads federal efforts to protect the water sector, initiated a research program in 2002 to address immediate research and technical support needs. This report, conducted at EPA's request, evaluates research progress and provides a long-term vision for EPA's research program. The report recommends that EPA develop a strategic research plan, address gaps in expertise among EPA program managers and researchers, and improve its approaches to information dissemination. The report recommends several high-priority research topics for EPA, including conducting empirical research in behavioral science to better understand how to prepare people for water security incidents.

Author : The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910265
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Security written by The World Economic Forum Water Initiative and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiraling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for energy, and for manufacturing are surging. Water is already emerging as a headline geopolitical issue—and worsening water security will soon have dire consequences in many parts of the global economic system. Directed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the 2008 Davos Annual Meeting, the World Economic Forum assembled the world’s foremost group of public, private, non-governmental-organization and academic experts to examine the water crisis issue from all perspectives. The result of their work is this forecast—a stark, non-technical overview of where we will be by 2025 if we take a business-as-usual approach to (mis)managing our water resources. The findings are shocking. Perhaps equally stunning are the potential solutions and the recommendations that the group presents. All are included in this landmark publication. Water Security contains compelling commentary from leading decision-makers, past and present. The commentary is supported by analysis from leading academics of how the world economy will be affected if world leaders cannot agree on solutions. The book suggests how business and politics need to manage the energy-food-water-climate axis as leaders negotiate the details of the climate regime that replace Kyoto Protocols.

Author : Jaroslav Pollert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402045622
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Security of Water Supply Systems: from Source to Tap written by Jaroslav Pollert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reality of the post-September 11 situation forces the operators of water supply systems through the world to examine the security and safety of their systems, its vulnerability to intentional interference and sabotage with respect to quantity and quality of potable water. In assessing system vulnerability, there is an urgent need to develop emergency response plans providing ways and means for alternative water supply at the moment of system operation disruption, and system remediation and recovery after the attack. Security of Water Supply Systems: from Source to Tap presents the state-of-the art with a view to the future, conclusions from past experiences are highlighted and future developments are suggested in the field of drinking water safety.

Author : American Water Works Association
Publisher : Amer Water Works Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781583211939
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water System Security written by American Water Works Association and published by Amer Water Works Assn. This book was released on 2002 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water utilities of all sizes find this guidebook very helpful as they assess and upgrade the physical and operational security of their systems. This book describes measures a water utility can take for better security against man-made threats. It covers: * emergency preparedness plans * vulnerability assessments * mitigation measures for critical components * emergency response and recovery * crisis communicationsSupplied forms include security checklist, system component list, potential biological and chemical threats, emergency contacts, and more. Forms are provided in print and on an enclosed CD-ROM.

Author : Stanley States
Publisher : American Water Works Association
ISBN 13 : 1613001045
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Security and Emergency Planning for Water and Wastewater Utilities written by Stanley States and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water and wastewater utility managers will find expert guidance on all issues regarding security and emergency preparedness and response in this book. The terrorist attacks on the US of Sept. 11, 2001, as well as destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, brought heightened concern over the security and emergency preparedness of America's water supply infrastructure--concerns which remain high to this day.

Author : Panel on Water System Security Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309090438
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan written by Panel on Water System Security Research and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-01-23 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs. This report recommends increased attention to interagency coordination and encourages additional consideration of current restrictions on secure information dissemination. It further suggests that EPA incorporate the results of their research activities into an integrated water security guidance document to improve support for water and wastewater utilities.

Author : Ravi Jain
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0124115322
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners, and Managers written by Ravi Jain and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise and readable, Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners and Managers provides an overview of issues including infrastructure planning, planning to evaluate vulnerabilities and potential threats, capital improvement planning, and maintenance and risk management. This book also covers topics regarding potential contaminants, available water security technologies, analytical methods, and sensor technologies and networks. Other topics include transport and containment of contaminated water, treatment technologies and the treatability of contaminants. Threat and vulnerability risk assessments and capital improvement Identification and characterization of potential contaminants and clean up Application of information assurance techniques to computerized systems

Author : Anna Doro-on
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439853428
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure Safety and Security written by Anna Doro-on and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the seventeen critical infrastructures vital to the security of the United States, the water supply system remains largely unprotected from the threat of terrorism, including possible revenge by Al Qaeda over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Recognizing and identifying prospective events of terrorism against the water infrastructure is critic