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 2003-10-31 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29 P0b002ee1803a23b3 f:d0429 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29 GAO-04-29 Appropriated funds Counterterrorism Federal funds Funds management Internal controls Potable water Public utilities Safety regulation Water quality Water treatment National preparedness Other Written Product A08812 After the events of September 11, 2001, Congress appropriated over $100 million to help drinking water systems assess their vulnerabilities to terrorist threats and develop response plans. As the Environmental Protection Agency has suggested, however, significant additional funds may be needed to support the implementation of security upgrades. Therefore, GAO sought experts' views on (1) the key security-related vulnerabilities of drinking water systems; (2) the criteria for determining how federal funds should be allocated among drinking water systems to improve their security, and the methods for distributing those funds; and (3) specific activities the federal government should support to improve drinking water security. GAO conducted a systematic Webbased survey of 43 nationally recognized experts to seek consensus on these key drinking water security issues. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29.pdf GAO-04-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-29 Other Written Product GAO-04-29; Drinking Water: Experts' Views on How Future Federal Funding Can Best Be Spent to Improve Security; Appropriated funds Counterterrorism Federal funds Funds management Internal controls Potable water Public utilities Safety regulation Water quality Water treatment National preparedness Volume 116 Page 594 116 Stat. 594