Emergency Response and Recovery Planning for Water Systems: A Kit of Tools #2929

Project Summary: Provides disaster response, recovery, and business continuity plans and tools that water utilities can use to proactively plan for and more effectively respond to a wide range of disasters. Includes a CD-ROM. Research partner: USEPA. Published in 2006.

Project Details Participants Supporting Resources Order Report Project Profile / Order Report

Contractor: Stratus Consulting Inc.

Funded: 2003              Completion Year: 2006              Funding Amount: $608,610.00

Goal Area: Management and Customer Relations

Related Topics: Management and Communications,  Climate Change,  Emergency Management,  Emergency Recovery,  Emergency Response,  Management

Benefits to the Drinking Water Supply Community:
This project will provide a framework for water utilities to develop custom disaster response, recovery, and business continuity plans. The project will assist in the preparation of service-level goals and restoration priority policies, identification of resources to help prevent or recover from events, development of tools to track disaster-related expenditures, and many other response measures.