A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan Parts I and II (2004) / Chapter Skim
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PART II: Project Evaluation
PART II: Project Evaluation
Executive Summary
Pages 53-60
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Part II Project Evaluation
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Life Studies NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAl ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C.
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To support these responsibilities, the EPA developed the Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan (Action Plan) , which identifies security issues for drinking water and wastewater, outlines research and technical support needs within these issues, and presents a prioritized list of projects to address these needs.
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The basic organizing principles of the EPA water security research and technical support agenda should be to emphasize a continuing increase in the effectiveness and efficiency of our response and recovery capacity while identifying cost-effective preventive or mitigative countermeasures based on an understanding of the nature and likelihood of potential threats. Accordingly, the information needed to respond to a water system security event should be gathered and made available to those who might need it at every step—not just the final step.
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The following summarizes the recommenctect changes In emphasis, prioritization, and timing suggested for the research and technical support projects identified in the Action Plan as well as additional proposed projects. A chart highlighting suggested revisions to the project time lines (including additional recommended projects)
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, the Action Plan should develop a project to evaluate impacts from failure of the "human subsystem" and whether there are potential contingencies for such occurrences. Several recommendations are made to enhance or expand on the projects identified to improve the understanding of contamination-related health effects, develop or refine a risk management framework, and enhance risk communication (Action Plan section 3.6~.
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Several additional topics are suggested where further research is needed, including management and disposal of contaminated waste and sludge and the adequacy of plant worker protection to prevent harm during potential water security attacks. Implementation Implementation of the Action Plan involves communicating and disseminating results, continually assessing ongoing work and emerging needs in the area of water security, building and sustaining collaborative relationships with other water security researchers and organizations, determining and articulating the roles and responsibilities of other organizations and federal agencies conducting the work identified in the Action Plan, and identifying and securing the fun(ling necessary to support the identified projects.
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The project on how to get the right information to the right people at the right time should be among the highest priority efforts of the entire Action Plan. Several additional projects are suggested, including an analysis of the consequences of various levels of information security, an assessment of the benefits and limitations of existing methods of dissemination (e.g., web pages, the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center)
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