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Appendix A Letter Report to Kim Fox, Director, Water Infrastructure Protection Division, EPA
Pages 141-148

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... Appendixes
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... Appendix A Letter Report Dated November 10, 2005, to Kim Fox, Director, Water Infrastructure Protection Division, Environmental Protection Agency1 1Attachments A and B of the November 10, 2005 letter were not included in Appendix A because the committee membership is available in the frontmatter of this report and the statement of task can be found in the Summary.
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... 2004. A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan -- Parts I and II.
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... APPENDIX A 145 systems in a huge area along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Katrina also brought two water security issues into dramatic focus: the effects of a total breakdown in drinking water and wastewater systems and the problems brought about by failures of critical interdependent infrastructures (transportation, power, supply chain, etc.)
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... Response and Recovery: · Were alternative potable water supplies available in sufficient time to meet the needs of the impacted populations? What characteristics should be developed in future emergency portable systems to better respond to water security incidents or natural disasters?
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... Professional organizations, such as the Water Environment Foundation, the American Water Works Association, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, could contribute valuable insight from an industry perspective. In summary, we believe much could be learned from a thorough evaluation of the water and wastewater system failures resulting from Hurricane Katrina that would have direct applicability to the work of EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center.
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