WaterISAC has released the slides and recording from its webinar on the risk assessment and emergency response plan requirements under the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). Enacted last October, the act requires drinking water utilities to complete initial risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans, and make any necessary updates to those documents every five years. Utilities serving more than 100,000 people must complete their RRAs and certify their completion to EPA by March 31, 2020.
David Travers and Dan Schmelling from EPA’s Water Security Division discussed the requirements under the act and described how EPA will implement them. They also addressed the certification process and described the resources that EPA is developing to help utilities comply with the new requirements. Kevin Morley of the American Water Works Association discussed AWWA standards, such as AWWA’s J100 risk assessment standard, and tools available to water utilities.