WASHINGTON — The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovative Technologies Institute LLC (ASME-ITI) have announced the development of the first risk and resilience management standard designed specifically for water utilities, according to a press release.
The J100 standard, created in response to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and other recent disasters, will be released July 1, 2010.
The Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP) method is designed to help water and wastewater utilities identify potential threats to U.S. water infrastructure and prepare for or mitigate damage, the release stated.
“This partnership leverages several years of development across multiple industry sectors, resulting in the only multi-sector, quantitative risk/resilience method available,” said ASME-ITI President J. Reese Meisinger. “Tailoring this method into an American National Standard reflects the far-sighted leadership in infrastructure security and resilience shown by AWWA and the water sector.”
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