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AMSA releases new water security software tools
WASHINGTON — The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) introduced
two new Vulnerability Self Assessment Tools (VSAT) to help ensure that the water
and wastewater critical infrastructure sector is safe and secure.
AMSA said in a news release that one is for joint water/wastewater utilities and
the other is for small-to-medium sized water utilities.
VSAT water/wastewater will provide online vulnerability assessment capabilities
to utilities providing both wastewater treatment and water supply services and
its counterpart will do the same for both public and private water utilities,
AMSA said.
The software tools were funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and are
free for water and wastewater utilities.
They were developed by AMSA in collaboration with PA Consulting Group and
SCIENTECH Inc.
AMSA said the tools provide a user-friendly approach to evaluate, prioritize and
remediate vulnerabilities based upon five critical utility assets: physical
plant, information technology, knowledge base, employees and customers.
AMSA is a national trade association representing hundreds of the nation's
publicly owned wastewater utilities.
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