Anti-Terrorist and Secondary Containment Water Storage Strategies Studied

We all know that there are international terrorist cells in the United States and they plan on doing harm to American citizens. There has been talk of using bio-weapons in our nation's food supply and or our water supply. This is a troubling thought and it surely would cause the United States government to come down so hard on the terrorists that it would in their career forever.

Nevertheless, it is a therefore important to contain this risk and audit the safety of our freshwater supplies. Specifically we need to look at our canals, tanks and reservoirs.

One simple strategy for large storage water tanks would be to have a secondary containment ditch around the tanks, which could also act as a barrier so trucks that might have a truck bomb on them could not get past or even close to the tanks. This is a similar strategy that is often used at oil refineries and other oil asset facilities.

It makes sense to have secondary containment for water storage in case a tank leaks and that will prevent flooding. Combining the issue of an antiterrorist barrier and a secondary containment water storage system makes a lot of sense.

It would not be much more difficult to implement than making a hole or ditch around the water tank with vertical walls. Think of a moat around a castle and pretty much you understand how something like this might work. We must protect our water supplies, as they are considered a soft target by our enemies. Obviously this would not be their first choice of targets due to the fact that in the United States there are so many different redundancies for water supply.

Indeed, it makes sense to strengthen the security of such systems and to be on the lookout for ways that international terrorists might exploit our fresh water supplies. It would also make sense to secure chlorine tanks and at our sewer treatment plants with a similar system to prevent anything from getting too close. Please consider this in 2006.

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Lance Winslow, a retired entrepreneur, adventurer, modern day philosopher and perpetual tourist.

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