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Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Perspectives

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Part of the book series: Protecting Critical Infrastructure ((PCIN,volume 2))

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There is general recognition that urban water systems are vulnerable to both manmade and natural, threats and disasters including droughts, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks.

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Abbreviations

ACHILLES:

Spatial vulnerability identification tool

AMI:

Advanced metering infrastructure

AMR:

Automatic meter reading

AQUASEC-AUT:

Austrian crisis management laboratory

CAIS:

The cyber attack information system

CDC:

Centers for disease control and prevention

CI:

Critical infrastructure

CLOFs:

Continuous rainfall and cloudbursts

COTS:

Commercial off-the-shelf

DCS:

Distributed control systems

DHS:

Department of homeland security

ERP:

Eastern route project

EU:

European Union

FEIS:

Failure experience improvement system

GAO:

Government accountability office

GEDES:

Risk of flood and landfill hazard tool

GeoSFM:

The Geospatial Stream Flow Model

GLOFs:

Glacial lake outburst floods

GRDC:

Global runoff data center

ICS:

Industrial control system

ICWater:

Incident command tool for drinking water protection

LDOFs:

Landslide dam outburst floods

IT:

Information technology

IWRM:

Integrated water resources management

ML:

Machine learning

MRC:

Mekong river commission

MRP:

Middle route project

NOAA:

National ocean and atmospheric administration

ORTIS:

Operational risk management tool and information system

PET:

Potential evapotranspiration

PiReM:

Pipe rehabilitation management

PLC:

Programmable logic controllers

RTU:

Remote terminal unit

SCADA:

Supervisory control and data acquisition

SHARC:

Coastal transport model

SRTM:

Shuttle radar topography mission

TISN:

Trusted information sharing network

US:

United States

U.S. EPA:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Vewin:

Association of drinking water companies in the Netherlands

WTP:

Water treament plant

WQE:

Water quality event

WQED:

Water quality event detection

WSIAAG:

Water services infrastructure assurance advisory group

ZuHaZu:

Condition assessment of large-diameter transmission water mains

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  1. Environmental Engineering and Public Heath Consultant, 9627 Lansford Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, USA

    Robert M. Clark

  2. Director Center for Competitive Government, Fox School of Business and Management, Professor of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA

    Simon Hakim

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    Robert M. Clark

  2. Department of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Simon Hakim

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Clark, R.M., Hakim, S. (2014). Securing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Perspectives. In: Clark, R., Hakim, S. (eds) Securing Water and Wastewater Systems. Protecting Critical Infrastructure, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01092-2_1

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