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Handbook of Water and Wastewater Systems Protection (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
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Handbook of Water and Wastewater Systems Protection (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Series: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
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Following the events of 9/11, the Administrator of the US
Environmental Protection Agency created the Water Protection Task
Force (WPTF), which identified water and wastewater systems as a
major area of vulnerability to deliberate attack. The WPTF
suggested that there are steps that can be taken to reduce these
vulnerabilities and to make it as difficult as possible for
potential saboteurs to succeed. The WPTF recommended that be
scrutinized with renewed vigor to secure water and wastewater
systems against these possible threats. It also recommended that
water and wastewater systems have a response plan in place in the
event an act of terrorism occurs. The WPTF identified water
distribution networks as an area of special vulnerability and
highlighted the need for rapid on-line detection methods that are
accurate and have a wide detection range. As a result of these
recommendations novel technologies from various fields of science
and engineering are now addressing water security issues and water
and wastewater utilities are looking for innovative solutions. Once
such technologies are available, there will be a rapid
implementation process that will present many business
opportunities for the private sector. However, in addition to
terrorist threats water and wastewater systems are inherently
vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods.
This volume will address the problems associated with both intended
terrorist attacks and natural disasters affecting water or
wastewater systems. The book is divided into parts based on the
kinds of threats facing water and wastewater systems: (1) a direct
attack on water and wastewater infrastructure storage reservoirs,
and distribution and collection networks; (2) a cyber attack
disabling the functionality of the water and wastewater systems or
taking over control of key components which might result in system
failures; and (3) a deliberate chemical or biological contaminant
injection at one of the water distribution system's nodes. It will
examine unique plans, technological and managerial innovations for
protecting such systems, and includes descriptions of projects that
were implemented to respond to natural disasters. Case studies are
presented that discuss existing projects and evaluate their
performance, with an emphasis on providing guidelines and
techniques that can be implemented by water and wastewater planners
and managers to deal with natural and manmade disasters should they
occur.
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