Facilitating Compliance with America`s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 - EL260
This complimentary course defines the AWIA requirements for community water systems and introduces all utilities to the standards and resources designed to improve resiliency and manage risks for all-hazards. After learning how to comply with the AWIA mandate, course participants will understand how existing standards and resources can be applied by utilities to lower risk and fortify their resilience.
This course, the first in the AWWA Utility Risk and Resiliency Certificate Program, defines the AWIA requirements for community water systems and introduces all utilities to the standards and resources designed to improve resiliency and manage risks for all-hazards.
This is an online self-paced course. Upon completion of your order, you will have immediate access to your course via the ‘My Courses’ section of awwa.org. You will be required to review the User Agreement before launching the course and, once launched, you have 90 days to complete the course. See course description below.
EL260 - Facilitating Compliance with America`s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
Course Length: 1 Hour / 0.1 CEU*
AWWA developed an online suite of five courses to help any utility build a risk and resilience management strategy. Additionally, these resources prepare utilities to meet the statutory requirements for community water system risk and resilience in America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018 (P.L. 115-270). This course, the first in the AWWA Utility Risk and Resiliency Certificate Program, defines the AWIA requirements for community water systems and introduces all utilities to the standards and resources designed to improve resiliency and manage risks for all-hazards. After learning how to comply with the AWIA mandate, course participants will understand how existing standards and resources can be applied by utilities to lower risk and fortify their resilience. Participants will receive an overview of Course 2: Security Practices for Operation and Management, Course 3: Risk and Resilience Management of Water and Wastewater Systems, Course 4: Emergency Preparedness Planning, and Course 5: Cybersecurity Guidance and Use-Case Tool. Course 1 provides the background needed for participants to engage in utility risk and resiliency best practices learned through completion of the AWWA Utility Risk and Resiliency Certificate Program.
Module 1: Requirements for Utility Risk and Resilience
Module 2: Overview of Utility Risk and Resilience Certificate Program
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Become familiar with the AWWA Risk and Resilience Certificate Program courses.
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Identify the requirements for risk, resilience and emergency preparedness in America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) and the compliance deadlines.