WASHINGTON — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded funding to the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) to produce two additional versions of the its vulnerability self assessment tool for wastewater utilities, called VSAT wastewater.
Development work is anticipated to begin immediately on VSAT water/wastewater for utilities that combine water and wastewater treatment and collection functions and VSAT water for small-medium sized water utilities, AMSA said in a news release.
A November release date is anticipated for these VSAT vulnerability assessment tools.
On 23 July, AMSA released its Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool, which it said provides wastewater treatment utilities with a comprehensive system to analyze vulnerabilities to both intentional threats and natural disasters.
VSAT wastewater — funded by EPA, and developed by AMSA in collaboration with PA Consulting Group and SCIENTECH, Inc. — will continue to be made available free of charge to all public wastewater utilities, AMSA said.
It was developed for use and implementation by publicly owned wastewater utility staff and their designees, but AMSA is also making the software tool available to other public entities involved in environmental protection, public safety and security, officials said.
AMSA said complimentary copies of VSAT wastewater are being made available to governmental and public educational institutions including, but not limited to, the headquarters and regional offices of the EPA, state environmental protection agencies and other state-level entities addressing public safety and security – as well as public educational institutions.
AMSA has established a website for more information on VSAT systems.
AMSA is a national trade association dedicated to representing the nation's publicly owned wastewater treatment utilities.
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