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AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Resources for Technical Assistance Providers

Technical Assistance Primer

The America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) section 2013/Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1433 Technical Assistance Primer below will assist technical assistance providers, circuit riders and others who will assist utilities with complying with the requirement to conduct a risk and resilience assessment (RRA), develop/update an emergency response plan (ERP) and certify completion of these activities to EPA. 

  • AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Technical Assistance Primer (pdf) (3.13 MB, 07/2024, 821-F-19-003)

Providing an AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Workshop

If you are interested in providing an AWIA section 2013/SDWA section 1433 workshop, please use the workshop presentation below along with the Technical Assistance Primer. The workshop presentation contains material from EPA’s Fall 2020 AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Workshop Series, highlighting resources EPA recommends for medium- and small-sized systems:

  • Fall 2020 Risk and Resilience Assessment, Emergency Response Plan and Emergency Notification Training Slides (pptx) (14.77 MB, 07/2022)

Video recordings from EPA’s Fall 2020 AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Workshop Series, which use the above training presentation PowerPoint, can be found below.

Module 1: AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433 Overview and AWIA Section 2018 Basics

Module 2: RRAs: Malevolent Acts, Natural Hazards, and the Small Systems Checklist

Module 3: ERP Template and Guidance

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