WATER SECURITY ARTICLES

Water, wastewater utilities get free access to security resources with EPA sponsorship

WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2010 -- The U.S. EPA and WaterISAC are offering 12-months of free access to WaterISAC's Pro service to staff of drinking water and wastewater utilities of all sizes, water...

Terrorism Vulnerabilities to the Water Supply and the Role of the Consumer: A Water Security White Paper

The vulnerability of our water supplies to disruption and contamination by potential terrorist or malicious acts has been well documented...

Water security, public health depend on local decision-making

WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2010 -- AWWA advised the U.S. Congress that any new chemical security legislation should reflect the need for local water experts to make key treatment decisions and protec...

House approves S&T legislation to improve cybersecurity R&D

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 4, 2010 -- The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which aims to improve cybersecurity within the federal government as well as th...

AWWA announces emergency preparedness publication for water, wastewater utilities

DENVER, CO, Jan. 21, 2010 -- The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced the publication of Security and Emergency Planning for Water and Wastewater Utilities...

Florida town secures water supply, monitors operations with Axis network cameras

CHELMSFORD, MA, Jan. 12, 2010 -- The City of St. Cloud, Florida, has deployed Axis network cameras at its water and wastewater plants as a first step in modernizing its existing analog video survei...

Committee passes legislation to improve cybersecurity R&D

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 18, 2009 -- The House Committee on Science and Technology passed H.R. 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, aimed at improving the security of cyberspace...

Bill to enhance wastewater treatment plant security passes House

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Nov. 18, 2009 -- The House of Representatives has passed legislation that includes the establishment of a new grant program dedicated to the security of wastewater treatment plants...

Overcoming obstacles to effective and efficient use of area wide on-line monitoring systems

On-line monitoring systems used to survey our water supply networks are becoming more ubiquitous everyday. After the terror attacks of 2001, the additional inducement of water security was added to...

FLIR to deliver 100,000th infrared camera in Tucson, AZ

TUCSON, AZ, Nov. 4, 2009 -- FLIR Systems announces the delivery of its 100,000th commercial-use infrared camera. The FLIR thermal imager was sold by Professional Equipment (www.professionalequipmen...