1. Successful Partnerships
How State Primacy and Emergency Management Agencies Work Together
April 8, 2014
Co-hosted by:
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
National Emergency Management Association
US Environmental Protection Agency

2. Welcoming Remarks David Travers, Director Water Security Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Latham, Executive Director
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Chair, NEMA Response & Recovery Committee
Ken Bousfield, Director
Division of Drinking Water, Utah DEQ
Chair, ASDWA Security Committee

3. DO NOT PLACE THIS CALL ON HOLD!
Logistics
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4. Logistics - continued
Please use the “Questions box” to type in your questions.
We will answer questions at the end of the webinar.

5. Logistics - continued
This webinar is being recorded and can be viewed and/or downloaded within a day or so.
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3. Scroll to “important documents” to
either view or download these
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6. Tennessee ESCs Plan for New Madrid Earthquake
Cecil Whaley
Director of Planning, Mitigation and
Exercises
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Wayne Muirhead
Drinking Water Emergency Services
Coordinator
Division of Water Resources
Tennessee Department of Environment &
Conservation

7. Flooding and Maintaining Water Resources in Iowa
Michael K. Anderson
Senior Environmental Engineer
Water Supply Engineering Section
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
John R. Benson  Communications Bureau Chief
Iowa Department of Homeland Security
& Emergency Management 

8. Drought in Texas Mario Chapa Planner, Local and Regional Plans Unit
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Texas Homeland Security
Texas Department of Public Safety
Alexander Hinz
Drought Coordinator
Water Supply Division
Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality

9. Questions Please use the “Questions box” to type in your questions.
Presenters will now answer questions.

10. THANK YOU!
Presentations and ‘Bridging the Gap’ document will be available soon on the ASDWA website, as well as a recording of this webinar.
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2. Click on the Security Tab
3. Scroll to “Important Documents” to
either view or download these
presentations.