AWIA Section 2013/SDWA Section 1433: Risk and Resilience Assessments and Emergency Response Plans
On October 23, 2018, America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) was signed into law. AWIA section 2013, which amended section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), requires community (drinking) water systems (CWSs) serving more than 3,300 people to develop or update risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs). The law specifies the components that the RRAs and ERPs must address, and establishes deadlines by which water systems must certify to EPA completion of the RRA and ERP. The Federal Register Notice for New Risk Assessments and Emergency Response Plans for Community Water Systems is available.
SDWA section 1433 also states that EPA should provide guidance and technical assistance to water systems that serve less than 3,301 people on how to conduct RRAs and ERPs, though these systems are not required to certify completion to EPA.
For more information concerning AWIA section 2013/SDWA section 1433, please see the law text on congress.gov.
Certification Deadlines
Population Served Previous RRA Deadline Next 5-Year Submission Cycle RRA Deadline ≥100,000 March 31, 2020 March 31, 2025 50,000-99,999 December 31, 2020 December 31, 2025 3,301-49,999 June 30, 2021 June 30, 2026 Population Served Previous ERP Deadline* Next 5-Year Submission Cycle ERP Deadline* ≥100,000 September 30, 2020 September 30, 2025 50,000-99,999 June 30, 2021 June 30, 2026 3,301-49,999 December 31, 2021 December 31, 2026 *ERP certifications are due six months from the date of the RRA certification. The dates shown above are certification dates based on a utility submitting a RRA on the final due date.