What Can a Water System Do to Prepare for a Power Outage?

Heaney, Yvonne; Wollbrinck, Jim; Macler, Bruce A.

doi:10.1002/opfl.1469

Opflow

2020

DOI: 10.1002/opfl.1469

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What Can a Water System Do to Prepare for a Power Outage?

Yvonne Heaney¹,

Jim Wollbrinck²,

Bruce A. Macler³

Abstract: As wildfires and other extreme weather events take their toll on water system security, including a Public Safety Power Shutoff program as part of an emergency response plan can keep your system running when it counts the most.

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When the Power Goes Out, Who Still Has Water?

Sowby¹

2021

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I n February 2021, Texas, otherwise known for its heat and arid climate, was blasted with snow, wind, and temperatures 40 °F below normal. As storms knocked out power across the Southeast, outages in Texas disrupted more than 800 public water systems serving 13 million people (Fausset et al. 2021, Healy et al. 2021. Without power to move or treat water, many treatment plants shut down, pumps stood idle, and pipes froze and cracked. When water did flow, residents were instructed to boil it because of possible contamination from low pressure and bypassed treatment. This is a case of cascading failures; like a run of dominos, a disruption in one system causes disruptions in others that depend on it. A power outage can quickly beget a water outage and then a public health and safety

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When the Power Goes Out, Who Still Has Water?

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2021

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What Can a Water System Do to Prepare for a Power Outage?

Abstract: As wildfires and other extreme weather events take their toll on water system security, including a Public Safety Power Shutoff program as part of an emergency response plan can keep your system running when it counts the most.

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