Water and Wastewater Treatment

Clean, safe water is critical to human life. Yet, this invaluable resource is taken for granted by Americans every day. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7), water supply is identified as one of this nation's primary critical infrastructures. The risk to the US water supply includes threats to water treatment and distribution systems, water storage facilities (i.e. reservoirs or water towers) and drinking water sources (i.e. rivers, lakes, wells and reservoirs).

In the US  there are 168,000 public drinking water facilities and 16,000 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants. In the past, these facilities have been considered relatively safe and low priority for protection from a terrorist attack. September 11, 2001, changed this thinking and now the water infrastructure is at high risk and must be protected from a terrorist attack.

Keeping Water Safe
Most water systems use wire fences for security, but a simple fence will not prevent a terrorist attack. Shafran USA works with Israeli experts who have 50 years of experience developing counterterrorism systems protecting the water supplies of major Israeli cities.

To support water and wastewater companies in their preparedness to prevent terrorist attacks Shafran USA:

• Conducts a threat assessments and vulnerability analysis of water and wastewater treatment facilities

• Designs and installs counterterrorism security systems that will prevent a terrorist attack on water treatment and storage facilities, pumping stations, chemical storage facilities, waste treatment plants and transmission mains

• Trains employees to use behavioral pattern recognition on persons entering the facility to recognize a potential terrorist and take appropriate actions.

A clean, reliable water supply is a critical resource to the American public. Shafran USA can help make sure it stays protected.