Articles, Videos, and Free Resources
Explore our in-depth articles and free resources on a range of risk management, emergency response, and resilience topics. For utilities and organizations, you’ll find advice and practical tips on protecting your mission from incidents that threaten to disrupt it. Meanwhile, there are guides for professionals on how to complete your own risk assessments, response plans, and system improvements.
Kate Lancraft, P.E., C.S.P., founder of Gradient Planning LLC, previously published under the name Kate Novick.
Near Misses- Learning to Protect Ourselves and Our Utilities Better
This article explains how water and wastewater utilities can learn from near misses—events that narrowly avoid serious consequences—to identify vulnerabilities, strengthen emergency preparedness, and prevent future service, safety, and operational losses.
The New Emergency Preparedness for Water and Wastewater Utilities
This article explains why water and wastewater utilities should move beyond compliance-focused emergency response plans to integrated preparedness programs built on risk assessment, leadership commitment, staff training, exercises, and continuous improvement..