Utility Risk and Resilience Certificate Program
Updated for the 2025-2026 AWIA Cycle.
EL265 includes six individual courses in a series on the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA).
Description
This certificate program will provide a foundation for supporting a water utility’s development of an all-hazards approach to risk and resilience management. We recommend taking these courses in sequential order, starting with the free certificate program overview course, Facilitating Compliance with America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (EL260)
This program will provide a foundation for supporting a water utilities development of an all-hazards approach to risk and resilience management. Courses are based on several AWWA standards and associated resources (G430, G440, J100, and Cybersecurity Guidance) that facilitate compliance with provisions of America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA).
America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018 served as a catalyst for utilities to evaluate their resilience to risk and to create emergency plans for responding to all hazards. Community water systems serving more than 3,300 persons are required to actively update these risk and resilience assessment (RRA) and emergency response plans (ERP) every five years. This certificate program will help utilities and consultants working with utilities to apply sound risk and resilience management strategies to facilitate compliance with AWIA.
Students will learn about AWIA requirements for risk and resilience assessments and emergency response plans. This will include examples of how a utilities application of various AWWA standards and resources can aid compliance with AWIA.
This certificate program is a series of six self-paced online eLearning courses. The program is available on-demand and learners can work through each program on their own schedule.
The courses included in the Certificate Program are:
Facilitating Compliance with America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 | EL260
Security Practices for Operations and Management | EL261
Risk and Resilience for Water and Wastewater Systems | EL262
Emergency Planning | EL263
Cybersecurity in the Water Sector eLearning Course | EL264
Water Sector Resource Typing Guidance and Implementation Toolkit – free course | EL305
This certificate program is non-refundable.
Certificates of Completion
*AWWA will issue a Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of each individual course within the Certificate Program. However, this does not guarantee that your state agency will recognize or award you. It is the individual's responsibility, before registering for any continuing education credit program, to contact the appropriate licensing agency.
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