This month’s “In My Words” column tells how two Rhode Island wastewater treatment plants handled the aftermath of unprecedented floods that left them underwater.Both plants survived admirably from emergencies of a size they could hardly imagine, let alone prepare for. And surely, in a year of floods such as 2010, they weren’t the only treatment plants that took on water.Their experience should raise a question in any treatment plant manager or operator’s mind: What if something like that happened here? It wouldn’t have to be a flood. It could be a tornado. A fire. A massive and long-lasting utility power
