Prepare to Fill Up Your Bathtubs

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