09/15/2026
EPA's Strengthening Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Initiative offers free natural hazard risk assessment technical assistance and webinars to support drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in building resilience to natural hazards and disasters.
SWIFT technical assistance includes:
Development of or updates to Risk and Resilience Assessments (RRAs) and Emergency Response Plans (ERPs), which certain community water systems are required to conduct under section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) [1].
Identification of vulnerable infrastructure assets and estimation of damage likelihoods;
Natural hazards data to support risk assessments and RRAs;
Identification of options for infrastructure and operational changes to increase resilience;
Assessments of risk including impacts to public and environmental health;
Preliminary business case for investments based on estimated costs and risk reduction; and
Information on potential sources of funding for investments in resilience building.
If you are a utility interested in learning more about free, direct, technical assistance to complete a Natural Hazard Risk Assessment, click the link in our bio to connect with SWIFT.