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Water Resilience

America's Water Infrastructure Act Section 2013 Technical Assistance Primer

The AWIA Section 2013 Technical Assistance Primer will assist technical assistance providers, circuit riders and others who will assist utilities with complying with the requirement to conduct a risk and resilience assessment, develop/update an emergency response plan and certify completion of these activities to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

If you are interested in providing the training, please use the training slides below along with the Technical Assistance Primer. 

Risk and Resilience Assessment, Emergency Response Plan and Emergency Notification Training Slides(158 pp, 30 MB, December 2019)

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