What activity is included in the 'recovery' phase of the WAP?

The recovery phase of a Waterways Management Plan (WAP) focuses on restoring normal operations after an emergency or disruption. This phase involves implementing strategies to return waterways and related operations to their usual state, ensuring that any immediate impacts are addressed, and services are reinstated as efficiently as possible.

By prioritizing the restoration of normal operations, this phase aims to stabilize the environment and enhance the resilience of the waterways management system. The emphasis is on facilitating a smooth transition back to routine activities, which may include repairing damages, ensuring that navigation systems are operational, and reinstating any ecological balance that may have been disturbed.

The other options, while relevant in various contexts of emergency management, do not align with the primary objective of the recovery phase as clearly as restoring normal operations. For instance, conducting safety drills is typically more relevant to the preparedness or response phases, planning future actions aligns with the mitigation or preparedness phases, and evaluating past incidents usually falls under the review or analysis phase after recovery is underway.