The next Central Texas Section WEAT meeting of the 2025/2026 season will be on March 24, 2026 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at Austin Water-Center for Environmental Research, 2210 South FM 973, Austin, Texas 78725
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$30 – includes dinner
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$5 – includes dinner
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Location: Austin Water – Center for Environmental Research (2210 FM973, Austin, TX 78725)
CENTRAL TEXAS WEAT PRESENTS
Weathering the Storm: SAWS Emergency Preparedness Efforts and Disaster Recovery
Presented By:
Alycia C. Tretta, San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS)
Water systems are good at responding to small and medium water emergencies, but what happens when you have a large or new water emergency event that disrupts water and wastewater services? It is critical that your system can provide water and wastewater services during times of crisis. New hazards/threats, large events and cascading/complex events can have significant impacts to a water or wastewater system. Systems must become resilient to the everchanging threat landscape. By implementing an emergency management program, systems can improve their resiliency to handle all-hazard complex events. This presentation will cover conducting a risk and vulnerability assessment, emergency response and specific hazard/threat plans, incident response training and exercises, claims and seeking reimbursement, and communication, documentation, and post-incident reports through best practices and lessons learned at the San Antonio Water System.
Alycia C. Tretta, SAWS
Alycia C. Tretta is the Director of Operations Support for the Production Operations & Maintenance group at San Antonio Water System (SAWS). She has worked in the Customer Service, Innovation and Efficiency, Engineering, Office of the COO, Production and Treatment departments throughout her 18+ years at SAWS. She is responsible for filing the FEMA/TDEM Disaster Reimbursement Claims and oversees the emergency mass notification system for SAWS. She is a Certified Public Manager for the State of Texas and holds a Master of Arts in Legal Studies from Texas State University-San Maros and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Texas Lutheran University.