Prepare to Fill Up Your Bathtubs

Show Notes

Bluefield water experts get into the hot topic of natural disasters and related water & wastewater infrastructure management. Since 1980 the number of these disasters has steadily increased. From 1980 to 2019, the U.S has sustained 258 climate-related events. These resource-intensive events include hurricanes, flooding, winter storms, and wildfires which bring on more acute challenges for cities and municipalities. In this podcast:

Big picture risks to water utilities and the implications of a failure to the power grid
Workforce and crisis management and contingency plans
Critical institutional knowledge and workforce redundancies
Mission-critical communications strategies
Learning from past disaster-related damage to water resources and assets
Bluefield's take on preparedness

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