Tag Archives: Emergency Response

WEF Podcasts Explore Water in Cities

August 24, 2018

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Hear insights from water-sector leaders with the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) “Words on Water” podcast series. Stream online podcast episodes and download audio files on iTunes and the Android Words on Water app. In recent episodes: Manon Fisher, San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) resource recovery specialist, explains the role biosolids have in […]

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WEF, NGA Collaborate To Improve Resiliency when Facing Extreme Events

July 17, 2015

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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) has collaborated with the National Governors Association (Washington, D.C.) to offer a learning lab that will help inform states’ emergency response to extreme events and let planning agencies know what water and wastewater facilities are doing to improve resiliency to these events. The learning lab, which took place […]

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WEF Emergency Planning Book Provides Real-World Case Studies to Model

September 4, 2013

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The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) has released Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery. The book was developed to help utility managers develop emergency response plans to recover from such events as infrastructure failure, small-scale and large-scale natural disasters, and human-made incidents. The case studies are the book’s most attractive feature, according to task force chair […]

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Preparing for and Recovering From Disasters

December 5, 2012

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, emergency response was and remains a high priority. Among the most effective emergency response tools for utilities are water and wastewater agency response networks (WARNs). WARNs are based on voluntary mutual-aid agreements among utilities to provide personnel, equipment, materials, and so on to utilities affected by disasters. These agreements, […]

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