FLOOD01788

• County: Statewide
• Title: Surviving Disasters Building on Experience
• Date: 10/12/2001
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CSU
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Surviving Disasters in Water Utilities

Building on Experience

Summary of Background Information for
October 11-12, 2001 Workshop'

Prepared by Neil S. Grigg, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins CO 80523

September 42001

Surviving Disasters in Water Utilities.................................................................................1

Foreword............................. .......... .................. .......... ......... ........................................ ..... 2
Purpose of the background document ............................................................................. 3

Water utility disasters ........... ........................................................................................... 3
A systems view of disaster preparedness ........................................................................ 3
Processes of disaster preparedness .................................................................................. 5

Hazard assessment........ ............................................................................... .................... 8
Vulnerability assessment in water utilities.................................................................... 14

Mitigation....................... ............ ............................................................ ....................... 17
Engineering design and construction to resist disasters ................................................17
Experiences in disaster preparedness ............................................................................19

Earthquake.................................................... ............................................................. 19
Flooding................................... ................... ..................... ............................ .............22
Hurricane............... ......... ....... ...................... ........ ......................................... ............. 23
Fire Protection...... ........... ........... ..... .......... .......... .............................................. ........24
Lightning................ ......... .......... ......... ..... ........... ............................................... ........24
Public health disasters ...............................................................................................25

References. ....... .......... ................ ..... ......... .......... ...... ............................ ......................... 27
Papers From Cooperative Project With Jwwa............................................................... 39
Additional references reviewed................................................ .....................................42

1 Workshop is for American Water Works Association Research Foundation Project 2696.

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