Water Infrastructure Resilience - US EPA Water systems, including water treatment and distribution systems, are considered one of the nation’s critical infrastructures Critical infrastructure requires increased protection and the ability for utilities to detect, respond to, and recover from physical and cyber threats and attacks
National Infrastructure Protection Plan Water Sector National Infrastructure Protection Plan Water Sector Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) identified 17 critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) sectors and designated Federal Government Sector-Specific Agencies (SSAs) for each of the sectors
Securing the Flow: Addressing the National Security . . . Aging treatment plants, interstate water disputes, foreign control of farmland, agroterrorism—all tie the security of water supply to national resilience Inaction could lead to contaminated water, displaced communities, economic upheaval, geopolitical friction
SAFEGUARDING OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - dni. gov Some critical infrastructure sectors—communications, energy, financial services, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems—are interconnected to an extent that harm or compromise to one sector could harm or compromise other sectors
Preparing United States Critical Infrastructure for Todays . . . Water crises threaten the security and resilience of our nation’s critical infrastructure This report identifies the challenges we are confronted with and provides recommendations to address them
Critical Infrastructure: Water and Wastewater Systems Sector This entry provides an overview of the water and wastewater critical infrastructure characteristics, followed by an explanation of the interdependencies of water systems and culminating in a discussion of the risks to water and wastewater critical infrastructure systems