Chicagoland Water and Wastewater Preparedness and Business Resiliency Summit: A Community Forum on Interdependencies

摘要

The Chicagoland Water and Wastewater Preparedness and Business Resiliency Summit was convened on November 28, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit provided a unique opportunity for the public and private sectors to share information about drinking water and wastewater preparedness, and information about how water preparedness can help enhance business resiliency. To improve participants collective understanding of water sector interdependencies, and to identify next steps for building regional preparedness, the Summit agenda focused on: (1) Government perspectives on water sector interdependencies and the value of water infrastructure; (2) Building a business case for private sector involvement in water preparedness; (3) Risks facing the water sector; (4) Risk reduction tools; (5) Theory and real world practice of water emergency preparedness and response; (6) Breakout sessions to discuss the effects of service disruption, and (7) Plenary discussions of next steps needed to increase water sector preparedness and business resiliency.