Water Sector Natural Disaster Threat Briefing – Fostering Cooperation Between Emergency Managers and Water Utilities to Help Strengthen Your Utility’s Operational Resilience

On February 11 at 2 pm ET, WaterISAC will convene the next event in its quarterly Water Sector Natural Disaster Threat Briefings series. The focus of this briefing will be emergency management and the importance of building robust cooperation between water utility operators and emergency managers.

In today’s operating environment, water and wastewater utilities face a heightened risk of extreme weather events and other emergencies that can create both service disruptions and public safety impacts. Therefore, preparing for natural disasters and other emergencies is a critical task. That’s where emergency managers come in.

Emergency managers help coordinate planning, communication, and resource allocation across multiple agencies, ensuring that water and wastewater utility needs are prioritized during disasters. By collaborating in advance, water utilities can align their emergency response plans with community-wide disaster plans, improve information sharing during incidents, and ensure timely public messaging about water safety. This coordination enables faster, more effective response and recovery, reduces service disruptions, and helps protect communities during natural disasters and other emergencies.

To help us get started on fostering greater collaboration between emergency managers and the water sector, WaterISAC is pleased to be joined by Sarah Infante. Sarah is a Principal Emergency Management Consultant at Arcadis. The presentation will discuss the importance of relationship building between emergency managers and water utility operators before an emergency occurs. It will also detail how robust relationships with emergency managers can improve response and recovery outcomes after emergencies occur and build resilience against future events.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the importance of emergency management.