The Water Industry is the industry association for consultants, contractors and product suppliers within water purification and water treatment. The member companies are part of the complex system that ensures that drinking water supply and wastewater management, which must function 24 hours a day, all year round, also do so. Since the invasion of Ukraine and with Sweden's entry into NATO, new questions have been raised and a report on increased water supply preparedness was recently presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Preparedness is a highly topical issue within the Water Industry due to several factors that affect the robustness and security of water supply. The recently presented VA-preparedness report, to which the Water Industry has participated and contributed, highlights critical aspects at a time when a stable water supply is fundamental to societal security. The report underlines the need for strengthened financing and governance to address existing shortcomings, such as neglected maintenance and investments, and to build a more resilient VA sector in relation to preparedness and climate change, says Joachim J\u00e4mttj\u00e4rn, Secretary General of the Water Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The water industry is actively working on emergency preparedness issues through the Threat & Security Focus Group, which is tasked with identifying the need for change and development in safety work within the water and sanitation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur member companies possess extensive knowledge of threats and security, and we promote private-public collaboration as an indispensable part of the solution. We encourage our members to proactively analyze their roles, develop scenarios, and prioritize exercises and preparations to strengthen preparedness.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to ensuring that we can secure water and sewage management in times of crisis and heightened preparedness, the issue of neglected maintenance and the need for increased climate adaptation are crucial to Sweden's resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe challenges we face in maintaining and improving water supply preparedness include the need for increased investments to address neglected maintenance, developing robust systems to withstand different types of threats, and adapting to climate change that affects the availability and quality of water resources. It is also necessary to strengthen information security to protect against cyber threats that can affect critical systems,\u201d says Joachim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To improve preparedness, collaboration is an important ingredient according to Joachim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 We collaborate with other actors in critical infrastructure by participating in cross-sector initiatives and forums. One example is the cooperation in the preparedness sector for food supply and drinking water, which aims to develop robust systems and strengthen Sweden's preparedness. We have also participated in the first meeting on private-public collaboration arranged by NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another crucial factor is knowledge sharing and information, which takes place, among other things, within the Water Industry's focus groups and at the meeting places that the association has laid the foundation for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 <\/strong>We continuously work to spread knowledge and inform our members about emergency preparedness issues through our various meeting places such as the Water Industry Forum and the Water Meeting Place. By sharing experiences and knowledge, we together strengthen the sector's ability to handle crises and ensure a secure water supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To ensure good disaster preparedness, it is ultimately leadership on the issue and clear planning conditions that are called for by the members of the Water Industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe importance of leadership and clear planning conditions to effectively meet the challenges we face will be crucial. A joint effort from all actors in the sector is required to build a sustainable and secure water supply for the future,\u201d concludes Joachim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Critical infrastructure refers to activities, services or infrastructure that are essential to maintaining the basic needs, values or safety of society. Examples of critical infrastructure include water supply, energy supply, transport networks and communication systems. These systems must be robust and have the ability to recover quickly after incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samh\u00e4llskritisk infrastruktur avser verksamheter, tj\u00e4nster eller infrastrukturer som \u00e4r n\u00f6dv\u00e4ndiga f\u00f6r att uppr\u00e4tth\u00e5lla samh\u00e4llets grundl\u00e4ggande behov, v\u00e4rden eller s\u00e4kerhet. Inom Vattenindustrin \u00e4r beredskapsfr\u00e5gan h\u00f6gaktuell. Vattenindustrin \u00e4r n\u00e4ringslivets branschorganisation f\u00f6r konsulter, entrepren\u00f6rer och produktleverant\u00f6rer inom vattenrening och vattenbehandling. Medlemsf\u00f6retagen \u00e4r del i det komplexa system som s\u00e4kerst\u00e4ller att dricksvattenf\u00f6rs\u00f6rjningen och avloppshanteringen, som m\u00e5ste fungera 24 timmar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2970642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2970661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sakeret-beredskap"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2970661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2970662,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2970661\/revisions\/2970662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2970642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2970661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2970661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vattenindustrin.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2970661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nCritical infrastructure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n