Water Infrastructure Security Enhancements (WISE)

The security of our nation's water infrastructure is of critical importance. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), with a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), have developed a comprehensive three-phased program to address physical infrastructure security needs for water supply, wastewater and stormwater, and online contaminant monitoring systems:

Guidance Documents: Water Supply, Wastewater/Stormwater, Online Contaminant Monitoring-Phase I

A set of three security guidance documents was developed as the first phase of this initiative. Security Guidance for Water Utilities and the Security Guidance for Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities guidance documents assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in mitigating the vulnerabilities of their systems to man-made threats through the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of both new and existing systems of all sizes.

Guidelines for Designing an Online Contaminant Monitoring System provides information on designing online contaminant monitoring systems, including assessing the need for a monitoring system, locating instruments and sensors and responding to suspected contamination events.

Click on the links below to download the three interim voluntary guidance documents in PDF format:

• Security Guidance for Water Utilities
• Security Guidance for Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities
• Guidelines for Designing an Online Contaminant Monitoring System

Limited hard-copy versions of the publications are also available; send your request, including your mailing address and affiliation to wise@asce.org.

WISE Training Materials-Phase II

A modular training program developed under Phase II is now available on CD-ROM for use in educating all who have a role in providing physical infrastructure security for water supply and wastewater/stormwater systems. Based on the three interim guidance documents, these three flexible training modules are designed for use with all levels of operation, management, and public officials.

The three modules include the presentation materials in MS PowerPoint, trainers guide, quizzes and exams.

To receive the training materials CD-ROM, send your request to wise@asce.org and include your mailing address and affiliation.

Voluntary Physical Security Guidelines - for Water Supply and Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities - WISE Phase III

The voluntary physical security standards guidelines that were jointly developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) with technical input from the Water Environment Federation (WEF) are the result of Phase III of the WISE program. Titled "Guidelines for the Physical Security of Water Utilities" and "Guidelines for the Physical Security of Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities," the draft guidelines were available for comment and trial use until June 30, 2007. The draft standards were then to be revised as necessary and submitted to the American National Standards Institute for approval as an American National Standard.

Click on the links below to view the news release and download the two voluntary physical security guidelines:

• News release
• Guidelines for the Physical Security of Water Utilities
• Guidelines for the Physical Security of Wastewater/Stormwater Utilities

Hard copy versions of the guidelines are also available. Send your request including your mailing address and affiliation to wise@asce.org.