The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Risk Management Center has developed a suite of open-source infrastructure risk assessment tools to help dam and levee stakeholders assess potential flood hazards, seismic risk, breach concerns, and other potential impacts.
Next week, on Tuesday February 27, at 2 p.m. ET, EPA is hosting a free virtual webinar on physical security and cybersecurity threats to the water and wastewater sector. The briefing will be unclassified, and no clearance is required. WaterISAC staff, along with other federal partners, will be conducting the brief.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
The deadline to apply for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants is next week, on February 29. FEMA’s grants provide funding to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments with reducing disaster damages and enhancing resilience during future disasters.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
On Tuesday, a large storm in Australia’s Victoria’s state led to power outages for hundreds of thousands of people. While in the U.S. over the past few weeks, extreme weather events and cold temperatures across have led to significant power disruptions. Water and wastewater utilities are encouraged to assess their current preparedness efforts and work to enhance their power resilience as natural hazard threats rise.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinar sessions this month designed to improve an organization’s approach to learning from exercises and past incidents. As WaterISAC frequently emphasizes, exercises are an important part of a preparedness program, helping organizations build, improve, and validate their incident response and recovery capabilities.
The American Business Water Coalition (ABWC) recently published a report underscoring the threat to water and wastewater utilites from increasingly intense extreme precipitation events and other weather-related hazards. The report also highlights the risk of aging infrastructure and calls for a significant increase in funding by the federal government.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
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