New EPA Resource: Connecting Water Utilities and Emergency Management Agencies
The EPA has just produced a guide to how water and wastewater utilities and emergency management agencies (EMAs) can work together to better respond to emergencies. The guide offers six recommended actions, which include building relationships, sharing emergency capabilities, and developing joint messages, among others. Each action is accompanied by a series of steps, resources to assist with implementation, and a case study that demonstrates how a utility worked with its EMA to improve their emergency response capabilities.
