The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded funding to AMSA, via a cooperative agreement, to produce two additional versions of the Association's Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool for wastewater utilities, VSAT™wastewater.
Development work is anticipated to begin immediately on VSAT™ water/ wastewater for utilities that combine water and wastewater treatment and collection functions and VSAT™water for small-medium sized water utilities. A November release date is anticipated.
On July 23, AMSA released its Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool, which provides wastewater treatment utilities with a system to analyze their vulnerabilities to both intentional threats and natural disasters. VSAT™ wastewater — funded by EPA and developed by AMSA in collaboration with PA Consulting Group and SCIENTECH, Inc., will continue to be made available free of charge to all public wastewater utilities.
To date nearly 1,500 copies of the software tool have been distributed to public wastewater utilities and other public entities across the nation. AMSA anticipates that both VSAT™water and VSAT™water/wastewater will garner similar interest.
To learn more about these efforts, visit the official VSAT™ web site, www.VSATusers.net. This web site provides user support and will offer software upgrades for downloading as they become available. This site also provides information on new VSAT™ developments as they occur. Information related to VSAT™ initiatives will also be available on AMSA's web site, www.amsa-cleanwater.org.
