Minnesota Rural Water Association provides training and technical assistance is the area of security, vulnerability assessments, and emergency response plans.

The Security & Emergency Management Software (SEMS) is a FREE tool to help your system with Vulnerability Assessments, Risk Assessments, and Emergency Response Plans for both water and wastewater systems.

Tabletop Exercise for Emergency Response

     EPA's Emergency Response for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems

Other Vulnerability Assessment Resources

     What Do I Have to do to Comply With the Bioterrorism Act of 2002?

     Security Vulnerability Assessment Template

     Wastewater Template for Vulnerability Assessment

     EPA's Vulnerability Assessments Site

Emergency Response Plan Resources

     Emergency Response Plan Template

     EPA's Emergency Response Protocol Toolbox

     EPA's Emergency Response Plan Guidance for Small & Medium CWS

     Certification to EPA of Completion of Emergency Response Plan

     EPA's Emergency Planning Site

Security Resources

     EPA's - A Water Security Handbook: Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Threats and Incidents

     EPA's Drinking Water Security for Small Systems - STEP Guide

     Rural and Small System Threat Readiness and Response

     Utility Guide for Security Decision Making

     EPA's Safewater Security Page

     EPA's Asset Inventory for Small Systems

     MDH:  Response Procedures - Intentional Contamination of a Public Water Supply

     LMC Link: Homeland Security: The Minnesota Response

     Public Service Announcement: It's Not Just Fun & Games

     Minnesota Department of Homeland Security

     Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center

     Water Security Channel

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National Rural Water Association

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Minnesota Rural Water Association
217 12th Avenue SE
Elbow Lake, MN  56531
Phone: 218-685-5197
Fax: 218-685-5272
E-mail: mrwa@mrwa.com