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Project: Water Utility Vulnerability & Risk Assessment
Client: City of Orange Township
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In accordance with Public Law 107-188, Title IV of the Public Health
Security and Bio-Terrorism Preparedness Act, the City was charged with
developing a Utility Vulnerability Assessment Report. GSE developed the
subject report on the City’s behalf. The report addressed the specific
vulnerabilities of the City of Orange Township water utility, critical
system components, threat assessment, and mitigation measures. The assessment
was performed utilizing Risk Assessment Methodology for Water Utilities
(RAM-W) developed by the Sandia National Laboratories and the American
Water Works Association Research Foundation. This methodology was developed
with the cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Association
of Metropolitan Water Agencies and Metropolitan Water Utilities; and with
funding provided by the EPA. The Risk Assessment Methodology used by GSE
in developing the report consisted of the following components: prioritizing
facilities, identifying and evaluating threats, prioritizing critical
assets, determining protection systems and determining risk. This methodology
represented a systematic evaluation of unforeseen events affecting the
water system. The identified tasks included - Identification and description
of major system components; Identification of threats and the effect of
those threats on the system; Determination of minimum acceptable performance
levels; Identification of key critical components; and the Determination
of feasible corrective measures.
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