Increase Revenue, Enhance Safety & Comply with the Law
Implementation of Nova’s Risk Management Program for Public Water Systems provides a revenue-generating, legally-defensible, and systematic process to:
Generate new, sustainable revenue that provides financial support for system maintenance and upgrades and the risk management program.
Determine the impact on water quality and system operation of each of the four (4) universal vulnerabilities.
Identify significant risks and hazards of all vulnerabilities.
Identify control point(s) for each significant risk and hazard.
Engineer solutions for control point(s) management and risk, hazard, and vulnerability reduction.
Monitor and manage each control point(s) solution.
Conduct audits to determine risk management compliance.
Test and monitor water quality and system performance.
Validate and verify procedures and actions.
Participate in block grant funding opportunities and other alternative revenue sources, i.e. U.S. EPA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, State primacy agencies, Council of Governments (COGs), Foundations, and others.
Present Situation
Public water systems have four (4) universal vulnerabilities.
Identifiable risks and hazards exist for all four (4) vulnerabilities.
Public water systems are out-of-compliance with Public Law 107-188 (Bioterrorism Act of 2002), Texas House Bill 9 (Homeland Security Act), and other applicable state and territorial homeland security laws.
Public water systems are aware of the universal vulnerabilities and the importance of regulatory compliance. Management is personally and corporately bound to protect the drinking water supply by reducing hazards and risks and managing vulnerabilities.
Public water systems are actively seeking ways to manage vulnerabilities, reduce significant risks, hazards, and liabilities and maintain a legally defensible position.
Public water systems are unaware of the precedents and value of risk management strategies to generate new revenue, protect the drinking water supply, ensure uninterrupted operation, and increase consumer confidence.
Public water systems are unaware that risk management programs can reduce vulnerabilities, manage significant risks, hazards, and liabilities, and maintain a legally defensible position.
Reasons for Significant Risk Management
The power of a public water system risk management program lies in the system’s ability to:
Enhance financial position of the public water system
Streamline operations while increasing corporate and community safety
Add another layer of protection from system disruption, contamination, and possible terrorist attack
