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Stories About Emergency Plan

What's One Way to Prepare for High Flows? Conduct a Simulation.
What's One Way to Prepare for High Flows? Conduct a Simulation.
Editorial
September 17, 2019

A Virginia authority conducts a series of storm-event simulations to help prepare its clean-water plant infrastructure for actual high-flow conditions.
Here's How a Massachusetts Town Prepared Its Wastewater Staff to Respond to a Natural Disaster
Here's How a Massachusetts Town Prepared Its Wastewater Staff to Respond to a Natural Disaster
Editorial
August 21, 2018

A mock storm drill helps the facility team in a Massachusetts town adopt a proactive emergency management plan and build resiliency.
Fort McMurray Operators Tell The Tale of Smoke, Fire and Saving a Plant
Fort McMurray Operators Tell The Tale of Smoke, Fire and Saving a Plant
Online Exclusives
August 08, 2016
These brave operators worked 16- to 20-hour shifts to save their plant from a Canadian wildfire, now known simply as "The Beast."
Picking Up the Pieces: St. Louis Plants Recover From Historic Flooding
Picking Up the Pieces: St. Louis Plants Recover From Historic Flooding
Online Exclusives
March 08, 2016
Two St. Louis plants took a beating during a 500-year flood event in December 2015. Learn about the recovery process and what plant staff learned from the event.
New Jersey Utility Begins Flood Protection Projects
New Jersey Utility Begins Flood Protection Projects
Online Exclusives
August 31, 2015
A New Jersey utility reviews its flood protection plans after Hurricane Sandy tore through the region in 2012
ISO Publishes Water Crisis Management Guidance
Online Exclusives
August 26, 2015
How a Gas Scrubber Functions In a Real-World Emergency
Online Exclusives
June 29, 2015
An emergency gas scrubber was put to the test during a chlorine leak at an Indian plant. Here's how it performed.
Could California Run Out of Water?
Online Exclusives
April 02, 2015
As California enters its fourth year of severe drought, Gov. Jerry Brown declares emergency and issues new regulations. But will it be enough?
Remembering the Rhode Island Floods of 2010
Blogs
March 31, 2015
Rhode Island marks the fifth anniversary of epic flooding along the Pawtuxet River.
An Epic Flood Meant A Long Recovery For The Plant Team In Clarksville, Tennessee
An Epic Flood Meant A Long Recovery For The Plant Team In Clarksville, Tennessee
Editorial
February 16, 2015
An epic flood in 2010 meant extensive destruction and a long but successful recovery process for the treatment plant team in Clarksville, Tenn.