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Drinking Water Systems [1]

Drinking water sources, purification, and distribution systems are essential to public health, and failures could be catastrophic.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
- Read more about Drinking Water Systems [1]
Nuclear Plants and Materials [7]

Security of nuclear power plants was definitely on people's minds as the WTC burned and nobody knew where the next plane would hit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Region:
International [9]
National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
- Read more about Nuclear Plants and Materials [7]
Dam Safety [10]

The Bureau of Reclamation announced laconically Sept. 12 that it had stepped up security at Hoover, Glen Canyon, and Grand Coulee dams.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Dam Safety [10]
Oil and Gas Pipelines [11]

Because of their length, ubiquity, and remoteness, pipelines can be nearly impossible to defend.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Oil and Gas Pipelines [11]
Bioterrorism and Bioweapons [12]

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many experts have become more concerned that terrorists may maliciously spread biological agents such as anthrax or smallpox.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Bioterrorism and Bioweapons [12]
Chemical Plants [14]

U.S. chemical plants are vulnerable to acts of terrorism.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Chemical Plants [14]
Other Chemical Hazards [15]

While petrochemical plants get the most attention, statistics from the Chemical Safety Board suggest that media overlook three quite common and widespread hazards: chlorine, ammonia, and propane
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Other Chemical Hazards [15]
Chemical Terrorism [16]

Various nations have developed and produced chemical weapons -- substances whose main use is to harm people -- such as nerve gas or mustard gas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Chemical Terrorism [16]
Levees and Flood Control Works [17]

There are places along the Mississippi River (e.g. New Orleans) where many people live in areas that would normally be flooded, were it not for levees or other flood control works.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Levees and Flood Control Works [17]
Building Design and Construction [18]

The WTC victims were killed not just by terrorists, but by the buildings themselves.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Building Design and Construction [18]

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