Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery

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Written for water, wastewater, electric, and gas utility managers; operators; consulting engineers; emergency response planners and professionals, and public officials, this publication addresses the key elements of emergency planning, including regulatory requirements and how to recover from resulting emergencies. Disasters faced by water resource recovery facilities include infrastructure failure such as industrial accidents, electrical failures, communications, supply chain, and transportation accidents; natural disasters, including biological, geophysical, hydrological, meteorological, and climatological; human-induced accidents, such as personal issues, civil unrest, criminal activities, and terrorism; and multihazard disasters.

Kari Fitzmorris Brisolara, Sc.D., M.S.P.H.; Tom Pedersen, ENV SP; Robin J. Gruenfeld; John Lawson, RN, MN; and Isha Matta

Lucy Lunevich, Ph.D.; Archis Ambulkar, M.S.; Al Callier, P.E.; and James J. Newton, P.E., BCEE

Jonathan P. Reeves and Steve Frank

John H. Webber

R. Ryan Dupont, Ph.D.

Applicant—State agency, local government, or eligible private nonprofit organization that intends to apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance grants.

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