The EPA has just produced a guide to how water and wastewater utilities and emergency management agencies (EMAs) can work together to better respond to emergencies. The guide offers six recommended actions, which include building relationships, sharing emergency capabilities, and developing joint messages, among others. Each action is accompanied by a series of steps, resources to assist with implementation, and a case study that demonstrates how a utility worked with its EMA to improve their emergency response capabilities. This document follows a similar guide published by EPA in 2013, Bridging the Gap: Coordination between State Primacy Agencies and State Emergency Management Associations, which was developed in partnership with the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) and also focuses on collaborative opportunities between water and emergency management personnel at the state and local levels.