42 U.S.C. § 300i–4 — Supply disruption prevention, detection and response

(a) Disruption of supply or safety. The Administrator, working with other federal agencies, must review (or contract for a review of) how terrorists or others could disrupt the safe drinking water supply or attack water collection, pretreatment, treatment, storage, or distribution facilities in a way that makes the water significantly less safe to drink, including: (1) how pipes and other water-carrying structures in public water systems could be destroyed or otherwise stopped from delivering enough water that meets health standards; (2) how collection, pretreatment, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities used by public water systems could be destroyed or otherwise stopped from delivering enough water that meets health standards; (3) how these same pipes, structures, and facilities could be altered so drinking water supplies get cross-contaminated; (4) how they could be reasonably protected from terrorist attacks or other acts meant to disrupt supply or harm water safety; and (5) how terrorists or others could disrupt information systems, including process controls, SCADA, and cyber systems, at community water systems. (b) Alternative sources. The review must also cover how alternative drinking water supplies could be provided if public water systems are destroyed, damaged, or contaminated. (c) Requirements and considerations. In doing this work and the work under section 300i–3, (1) the Administrator must make sure the reviews reflect the needs of community water systems of different sizes and in different parts of the country, and (2) the Administrator may consider how vulnerable a region or service area is, or how likely its service could be forcibly interrupted — including systems serving the National Capital area. (d) Information sharing. As soon as practical after reviews under this section or section 300i–3 are evaluated, the Administrator must share the results with community water systems, as appropriate, through the Information Sharing and Analysis Center or other suitable means. (e) Funding. Congress authorized up to $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and whatever sums are necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2005, to carry out this section and section 300i–3.