Information Links

This page contains downloads and links to useful information and resources.

White Papers...

• Risk Governance for Water Utilities: How and Why to Implement Risk-Related Decision-Making for Your Organization
  This white paper introduces the topic of risk governance to U.S. water utilities and discusses the benefits and trends associate with risk-related decision-making.
• Following Drinking Water Guidelines: Software tools for assessment, management, and communication of risks
  This application paper discusses the features in QMS that assist Australian Water Authorities in their efforts to comply with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
• Managing the Integration of Plant Information for Water and Waste Water Treatment Facilities
  This application paper discusses the advantages and challenges associated with integrating disparate data sources in drinking water and wastewater facilities. Shifting regulatory landscapes around the globe are resulting in ever increasing data streams and complicated reporting requirements. These all point to the need for more sophisticated information management techniques and technologies that can integrate operational, SCADA, internal testing, and external laboratory data.

US Government and Industry Links

• Process Control Systems Forum
• Environmental Protection Agency's Response Protocol Toolbox
  
• Food and Drug Administration's Bioterrorism Act 2002
• New England Water Works Association
• New Hampshire Water Works Association
• WaterISAC

Australian Government and Industry Links

• Safe Drinking Water Act 2003
• Victorian Water Industry Association
• Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

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