Nation's First Physical Security Standard Guidelines for Water/Wastewater Utilities Released

Alexandria, VA &#a51; The nation's first standard guidelines for protecting the public from potential malevolent acts and other threats by enhancing the physical security of water and wastewater infrastructure systems were released today for trial use by water and wastewater utilities.

The voluntary standard guidelines--jointly developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) with technical input from the Water Environment Federation (WEF)--are the result of Phase III of the Water Infrastructure Security Enhancements (WISE) program. They were created under ASCE's American National Standards Institute-accredited standards development program.

Titled "Guidelines for the Physical Security of Water Utilities" and "Guidelines for the Physical Security of Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities," the draft guidelines are open for public comment and trial use until June 30, 2007.

Phase III Voluntary Consensus Security Standard Guidelines: Wastewater/Stormwater and Water Supply

SOURCE: Water Environment Federation (WEF) - WEFTEC