应急响应反映了更广泛的水利政策。为了提高应急响应能力，必须检查公用事业公司的政策，并以提高绩效的方式加以改进。应审查的三项政策是:应急计划支持、允许甚至促进有效应急响应的基本组织安排，以及应急响应项目的资金。

Emergency response reflects broader water utility policies. To improve emergency response, one must examine the utility's policies and improve them in ways that will lead to better performance. Three policies that should be examined are: emergency plan support, a basic organizational arrangement that allows and even promotes efficient emergency response, and funding of emergency response programs.