Online Resources

Featured here are open-source links to Internet sites, maintained by key government and other water-sector interests that present water security related information.

Contaminant Resources

Centers for Disease Control Biological Agents
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist.asp

Centers for Disease Control Chemical Agents
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlistchem.asp

Physician Preparedness for Acts of Water Terrorism
http://www.WaterHealthConnection.org

Terrorism Related Resources

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB)
http://www.tkb.org

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
http://www.iaem.com

ISAC Council
http://www.isaccouncil.org

National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
http://www.ndwc.wvu.edu

National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
http://www.nemaweb.org/index.cfm

National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD)
http://www.nvoad.org

Terrorism Research Center
http://www.terrorism.com

Emergency.com: Crisis, Conflict, and Emergency Service News, Analysis, and Reference Information
http://www.emergency.com

Monterey Institute of International Studies' Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS): Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page
http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/index.htm

The Henry L. Stimson Center's Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project
http://www.stimson.org/cbw/programhome.cfm

National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
http://www.mipt.org

Federal Links

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/security

EPA Lab Compendium (searchable database of labs and their capabilities, requires registration)
http://www.epa.gov/compendium or subscribe to the WaterISAC

CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response
http://www.bt.cdc.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov

National Cyber Security Division, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
http://www.us-cert.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov

National Disaster Medical System
http://ndms.dhhs.gov

CDC, "Bioterrorism Alleging Use of Anthrax and Interim Guidelines for Management - United States, 1998"
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056353.htm

EPA National Homeland Security Research Center (EPA ORD)
http://www.epa.gov/ordnhsrc

EPA Security Product Guide
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/security/guide/index.html

Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center
http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil

Water Sector Links

American Water Works Association
http://www.awwa.org

National Association of Clean Water Agencies
http://www.nacwa.org

Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
http://www.amwa.net

Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
http://www.asdwa.org

AWWA Research Foundation
http://www.awwarf.org

National Association of Water Companies
http://www.nawc.org

National Rural Water Association
http://www.nrwa.org

Water Environment Federation
http://www.wef.org

Water Environment Research Foundation
http://www.werf.org

Presidential Decision Directive 63: Critical Infrastructure Protection
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/paper598.htm

Executive Order 13231: Critical Infrastructure Protection
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011016-12.html

Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-7
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031217-5.html