SCENARIOS FOR PREVENTING AND MITIGATING TO EXOGENOUS THREATS ON WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

This paper focuses on the failure management and prevention strategies
for drinking water systems. All drinking water systems are subject, to a greater or
lesser degree, to hazards. In reality, it is impossible to make any structure perfectly
immune from failure. This paper provides a brief overview of the concept of
a linguistic variable for the identification and designation weak and critical elements
of drinking water systems. Signification of Scenarios are alternative descriptions of
how the future might unfold. A key principle of water policy, is that pollution should
be dealt with as close to the point of origin as possible (catchment protection).