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<br />RECENT EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS <br /> <br />Prepared for the Brown County Water Improvement District #1, the Cities of <br />Abilene, Beaumont, Carrollton, Denton, Corpus Christi, <br />Garland, Irving, Midlothian, North Richland Hills, Plana, <br />San Angelo and Temple. <br /> <br />Following the events of September 11, 2001, the EPA <br />received supplemental appropriations to improve the <br />safety and security of the nation's water supply. The <br />supplemental appropriation was intended to reduce the <br />vulnerabi Iity of water systems to terrorist attacks and to <br />enhance their security and ability to respond to <br />emergency situations. In support of that goal, the EPA <br />provided grant funds to large water systems that serve 100,000 or <br />more people. The grant program funds could be used for <br />development of a VA, development of an ERP, and planning and <br />design of security enhancements. The grant program required <br />large water systems to complete the VA by December 31,2002. <br /> <br />FNI has been awarded <br />13 Vulnerability Assessment <br />projects - 7 are complete, <br />6 are in process. <br /> <br />FREESE AND <br />NICHOLS: <br /> <br />HELPING YOU <br /> <br />PROTECT YOUR <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />Innovative approaches. . <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />F'.... ~ Nicholl <br /> <br />practical results <br /> <br />When funding became available, FNI notified the Cities of <br />Abilene, Beaumont, Carrollton, Garland and Piano and prepared <br />the grant applications. Each grant was submitted to the EPA and <br />approved for the full award amount of $115,000. <br /> <br />FNI prepared a VA and a new ERP for each client. The VAs were <br />completed within three months and certification of completion <br />submitted to the EPA by the EPA-mandated deadline of December <br />31,2003. <br /> <br />One of the challenges of assessing vulnerabilities of a large utility <br />system is the geographic extent, Le, multiple facilities such as <br />reservoirs, intakes, treatment plants, pump stations, storage <br />facilities and miles of transmission and distribution lines. Using <br />the RAM-W methodology, FNI determined risk by evaluating the <br />system's effectiveness against an adversary. Performing this risk <br />analysis for the water system yielded a list that was rank-ordered <br />by the relative level of risk. <br /> <br />This allows the utility system to reduce the highest risks first and <br />focus limited resources in those areas. FNI provided not only <br />recommendations for physical improvements but also operational <br />and procedural changes. Construction cost estimates and a <br />phased implementation plan was provided for planning purposes. <br /> <br />The water utility Emergency Operations Plan included procedures <br />to not only respond to various levels of terrorist threat in response <br />to the National Homeland Security Advisory System Threat <br />Conditions, but also specific incident response plans. The plan <br />will be used as a stand-a/one document for water utility <br />department training and "meshes" with the water system's <br />citywide emergency response plan. <br /> <br />Vulnerability Assessment and Emergency Response Plan SOQ <br /> <br />L <br />CITY OF <br />ABILENE <br /> <br />Jlit <br />~ <br /> <br />OIRROtLTON <br /> <br />u <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-- - <br /> <br />G/\RLAND <br />@ <br /> <br />IRVING <br /> <br />(dy at !'rood II..:. <br />I?,.~;: -- -Il&. "" <br />MidlothiaQ <br />~~sh'Ctleo&" <br /> <br />NRH <br /> <br />.~ <br />J~. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />page 10 <br />