Abstract
There is general recognition that urban water systems are vulnerable to both manmade and natural, threats and disasters including droughts, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks.
Keywords
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
- Water Supply System
- Water Distribution System
- Critical Infrastructure
- Water Security
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- ACHILLES:
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Spatial vulnerability identification tool
- AMI:
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Advanced metering infrastructure
- AMR:
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Automatic meter reading
- AQUASEC-AUT:
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Austrian crisis management laboratory
- CAIS:
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The cyber attack information system
- CDC:
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Centers for disease control and prevention
- CI:
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Critical infrastructure
- CLOFs:
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Continuous rainfall and cloudbursts
- COTS:
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Commercial off-the-shelf
- DCS:
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Distributed control systems
- DHS:
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Department of homeland security
- ERP:
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Eastern route project
- EU:
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European Union
- FEIS:
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Failure experience improvement system
- GAO:
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Government accountability office
- GEDES:
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Risk of flood and landfill hazard tool
- GeoSFM:
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The Geospatial Stream Flow Model
- GLOFs:
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Glacial lake outburst floods
- GRDC:
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Global runoff data center
- ICS:
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Industrial control system
- ICWater:
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Incident command tool for drinking water protection
- LDOFs:
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Landslide dam outburst floods
- IT:
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Information technology
- IWRM:
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Integrated water resources management
- ML:
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Machine learning
- MRC:
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Mekong river commission
- MRP:
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Middle route project
- NOAA:
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National ocean and atmospheric administration
- ORTIS:
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Operational risk management tool and information system
- PET:
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Potential evapotranspiration
- PiReM:
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Pipe rehabilitation management
- PLC:
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Programmable logic controllers
- RTU:
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Remote terminal unit
- SCADA:
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Supervisory control and data acquisition
- SHARC:
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Coastal transport model
- SRTM:
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Shuttle radar topography mission
- TISN:
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Trusted information sharing network
- US:
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United States
- U.S. EPA:
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Vewin:
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Association of drinking water companies in the Netherlands
- WTP:
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Water treament plant
- WQE:
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Water quality event
- WQED:
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Water quality event detection
- WSIAAG:
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Water services infrastructure assurance advisory group
- ZuHaZu:
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Condition assessment of large-diameter transmission water mains
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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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