(ES)² news

May 2023

(ES)² completes a security audit and issues recommendations for hardening critical drinking water production and water storage sites in preparation for a major international event.

April 2023

(ES)² carries out a master plan to improve security and crisis response at the production and distribution facilities of a major metropolitan water company in the east of France.

(ES)² writes on business continuity, operational crisis management and infrastructure security for the technical offer of an operator bidding for a major water and sanitation’s public service delegation contract in the south-west of France.

March 2023

(ES)² carries out an operational diagnosis and makes recommendations on how to better respond to operating crises for a private company in charge of the water production and distribution facilities of a large city in the Cotes d'Armor department (Brittany region).

February 2023

(ES)² carries out a study to improve the security of a major wastewater treatment plant in the east of France which has increased its biogas production and storage capacity, through two new-generation digesters.

January 2023

Also active in the field of Energy Recovery Units (UVE) and heating networks, (ES)² writes the technical brief for an operator's bid on the business continuity, crisis management and infrastructure security aspects in a tender for a large city in the Hauts-de-France region, north of France.

December 2022

(ES)² begins drafting the special protection plans for critical sites known as Points of Vital Importance (PVI) for two operators, having had their Operator Security Plan (OSP) been validated by the French government.

November 2022

(ES)² continues to work on the security master plan begun two months earlier for around thirty drinking water production and distribution sites in western France.

October 2022

(ES)² organizes a major crisis management drill at two Energy Recovery Units (UVE) for a large waste management authority in charge of the Paris region. This is followed by a crisis response progress plan presented to the board of management.

September 2022

(ES)² carries out a pre-crisis operational diagnosis, with a view to preparing and leading an operational crisis exercise disrupting the drinking water supply to a large city in Brittany.

(ES)² provides training in the protection of secrecy (compliance with French IGI 1300) and begins security audits on all the assets of a water operator designated of vital importance by the French government.

July 2022

(ES)² assesses the risks of a major breakdown in business continuity and draws up a progress plan for an operator in charge of large production units, which are critical for the water supply of the south of Brittany.

June 2022

(ES)² prepares and organizes a crisis management exercise for the regional executive committee of a major water and wastewater operator at the headquarters of the French Army 6th Light Armoured Brigade based in Nîmes.

(ES)² provides the conclusions of the security master plan the firm performed on the water supply system of a utility company in the north of France.

May 2022

(ES)² begins drafting the Emergency Water Response Plan (EWRP) for a large city in the south of France.

April 2022

(ES)² organizes a technical day at the engineering school Mines Alès between fire brigade officers representing each of the Occitanie departments (south of France), and the operations directors of a major water company. The aim of the meeting was to discuss operating risks, particularly in terms of the methanization process at large wastewater treatment plants.

Mars 2022

(ES)² continues to support a major utility in the south of France in developing updated business continuity and contingency plans, taking into account the latest events and in particular the consequences of superstorm Alex in the Côte d’Azur department.

(ES)² also carries out a crisis management exercise in the Occitanie region, south of France, based on a scenario of a pollution in the drinking water network for a private water company.

February 2022

(ES)² submits Security and Business Continuity Plans (SBCP) in response to any operating risk for a large water production company and supports its conclusions in front of the High Commission for National Protection of Luxembourg.

(ES)² begins working with a major water authority in Seine-Maritime, west of France, to improve its ability to respond to operational crises, potentially affecting the water supply to a major industrial port area.

January 2022

As a follow-up of a project carried out in 2018 and 2019 on the emergency preparedness strategies of utilities in charge of water supply in the Paris-Ile de France interconnected zone, (ES)² and its partner Prolog begin a crisis response study, in the event of a major flood in the Paris region.

December 2021

For a public operator in charge of drinking water in a major city in the Brittany region, (ES)² prepares, leads and debriefs, in the form of a progress plan, an operating crisis exercise based on a flood scenario, leading to an ultimate water emergency for the population and sensitive customers.

November 2021

(ES)² carries out an initial security assessment and evaluate the costing for the reinforcement of improved deterrence, detection and protection measures for the whole drinking water assets of a major conurbation in the Hauts de France region, north of France.

(ES)² prepares and organizes an operational crisis management exercise based on a chemical pollution scenario for an operator in charge of drinking water systems for a major urban community in the Alpes Maritimes, south of France.

October 2021

For a large city in the Hauts-de-France region, north of France, (ES)² prepares, runs and debriefs, in the form of a progress plan, a crisis management drill based on a network pollution scenario, involving an emergency water supply for the benefit of the local population and a sensitive client which was a military site.

September 2021

(ES)² begins drafting the emergency response water supply plan for a city in the Brittany region, by interviewing all the sensitive customers for health reasons (hospitals) and security reasons (naval base) served by the water company in order to gain a better understanding of their water supply requirements in the event of a breakdown of the water distribution.

July 2021

(ES)² starts to support a water authority in a large city in the south of France in developing updated business continuity and contingency plans, taking into account the lessons learned from recent operating crises.

(ES)² carries out an operational diagnosis, prepares and organizes a crisis management exercise for an operator in charge of sanitation for a large city in the Vendée department, west of France. A scenario involving an electrocution led to the deployment of a large number of fire-fighters from the SDIS 85.

June 2021

(ES)², with its partners designing the pedagogical engineering, takes part in the first training session on resource pollution crisis management, organized by the Cedre (international experts in accidental water pollution), at IMT Mines Alès engineering school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfBSCen7CZQ.

(ES)² presents its client, a large public company in the south of France, designated as a Vital Importance Operator (VIO), with the Special Protection Plan for one of its sites designated as a Point of Vital Importance (PVI).

May 2021

By carrying out around fifteen interviews with operating managers, (ES)² draws up a Pre-Crisis Operational Diagnosis (DOPC) and a Crisis Management Progress Plan (PPGC) for its client, a large regional water company in the south of France mainly responsible for transporting raw water in the whole Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur region.

These on-call managers are then trained in crisis management in response to resource pollution and power and telecoms major disruptions, as well as crisis communication.

April 2021

(ES)² delivers its conclusions to a major water company in the Paris region on the technical and technological developments to be expected in its information systems that contribute to the physical security of its sites classified as Points of Vital Importance (PVI).

March 2021

(ES)² audits and draws up Initial Security Assessments (ISA) for water supply systems serving a large tourist area in the Var department, south of France.

February 2021

(ES)² carries out an operational diagnosis, prepares and organizes a crisis management exercise based on a major flood scenario on the Seine river for the operator in charge of water and sanitation for a major urban community in Seine-et-Marne.

January 2021

(ES)² draws up a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in response to any risk to the operation of a utility supplying part of the potable water of the State of Luxembourg.

(ES)² submits its Operator Security Plan (OSP) to a client, which is a large public water company designated as an Operator of Vital Importance (OVI) by the French government.