Description

Securing Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities was developed in response to concerns of a lack of security in water and wastewater treatment plants. The objectives of this course are to provide water and wastewater treatment operators with information about the need for security, the basic methodology involved in security planning, resources available for security planning such as vulnerability templates, customizing a security plan and adding security plan results into an emergency response plan. This course was designed for independent study.

At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of implementing a security program at their facilities
• Identify critical assets
• Identify potential threats
• Describe ways to increase security using tools that deter, detect, delay and respond to threats
• Demonstrate the interdependency between tools that deter, detect, delay and respond
• Identify tools that enhance recovery from a security breach
• Identify resources that identify and characterize threats
• Describe the six common vulnerability assessment elements
• Describe the assessment method of the six common Vulnerability Analysis template
• Choose an appropriate vulnerability assessment template based on the characteristics of a treatment system
• Perform a vulnerability assessment that includes: identifying and prioritizing critical assts and vulnerabilities using a threat and criticality matrix
• Identify protection tools that reduce the Criticality Rating and/or the Vulnerability Level of a Critical Asset
• Evaluate the practicality of identified protection tools based on versatility, alternatives and cost
• Describe the purpose of an Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
• Identify the four key planning components and eight core elements of an Emergency Response Plan
• Identify areas where security issues should be included in an emergency response plans