Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
Sector Overview
There are approximately
160,000 public drinking water systems and more than 16,000 publicly owned
wastewater treatment systems in the United States. Approximately 84 percent of
the U.S. population receives their potable water from these drinking water
systems, and more than 75 percent of the U.S. population has its sanitary
sewerage treated by these wastewater systems.
The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector is vulnerable to a variety
of attacks, including contamination with deadly agents, physical attacks such
as the release of toxic gaseous chemicals and cyber attacks. If these attacks
were realized, the result could be large numbers of illnesses or casualties
and/or a denial of service that would also impact public health and economic
vitality. Critical services such as firefighting and healthcare (hospitals),
and other dependent and interdependent sectors, such as Energy, Food and Agriculture,
and Transportation Systems, would suffer negative impacts from a denial
of service in the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector.
Sector-Specific Plan
The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector-Specific Plan (PDF,
88 pages – 1.39 MB) details how the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
risk management framework is implemented within the context of the unique
characteristics and risk landscape of the sector. Each Sector-Specific Agency
develops a sector-specific plan through a coordinated effort involving its
public and private sector partners. The Environmental Protection Agency is
designated as the Sector-Specific Agency for the Water and Wastewater Systems
Sector. Presidential Policy Directive 21 changed the name of the Water Sector
to the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector in 2013.
Sector Resources
For resources available
to Water and Wastewater Systems Sector partners, check out the links on the
right hand sidebar.
Last Published Date: June 12, 2014
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