United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-30 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-1098T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T P0b002ee18039e039 f:d041098t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T GAO-04-1098T Education or training Federal grants Interagency relations National preparedness Physical security Potable water Terrorism Water supply management Funds management Prioritizing Testimony A12881 After the events of September 11, 2001, Congress appropriated over $140 million to help drinking water systems assess their vulnerabilities to terrorist threats and to develop response plans. Utilities are asking for additional funding, however, not only to plan security upgrades but also to support their implementation. This testimony is based on GAO's report, Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Future Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent to Improve Security (GAO-04-29, October 31, 2003). Specifically, GAO sought experts' views on (1) the key security-related vulnerabilities affecting drinking water systems, (2) the criteria for determining how federal funds are allocated among drinking water systems to improve their security, and the methods by which those funds should be distributed, and (3) specific activities the federal government should support to improve drinking water security. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T.pdf GAO-04-1098T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1098T Testimony GAO-04-1098T; Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent To Improve Security; Education or training Federal grants Interagency relations National preparedness Physical security Potable water Terrorism Water supply management Funds management Prioritizing