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February 24, 2005
National Water Infrastructure Security Probed in New Study
As published by the Water Quality and Health Council, a new report released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) states that the nation's water supply and water quality infrastructure remains vulnerable to terrorism. In the wake of the Sept. 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress and other policymakers are considering a number of options in this area.
According to the report, a relatively small number of large drinking water and wastewater utilities (15 percent of all systems) are located in primarily urban areas and provide water services to more than 75 percent of the U.S. population.
Efforts to develop voluntary protocols have been ongoing since the terrorist attacks, but have failed to produce a solution, the CRS report found.
There is no doubt that our water systems do need some manner of protection from terrorist attack.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at February 24, 2005 11:37 PM
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