| Abstract |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a 2-day Symposium about communicating risks to drinking and waste water systems on May 20-21, 2004, in San Francisco, California. The Symposium provided an opportunity to inform key water security stakeholder groups about the state-of-the-art in crisis risk communication; a forum to share effective risk communication strategies, best practices, tools, and existing projects; and an opportunity to gather information and advice to support activities in developing and implementing successful risk communication strategies, tools, and plans. More than 100 participants attended the Symposium, from drinking water and wastewater utilities, public health agencies, state and local drinking water and wastewater agencies, local emergency response organizations, elected officials, and the media. |
