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Conduct Permanent Repair Work and Increase Resiliency
Repairs should be conducted in accordance with applicable codes and standards and incorporate mitigation actions to reduce future impacts. Examples of repair work include:
  • Clean and repair finished water storage reservoirs
  • Repair and replace distribution mains and pipes
  • Repair structural damage to the wastewater treatment plant, including sealing or "dry flood-proofing" buildings
  • Install buttressing to raw water intakes to prevent damage from erosion, scouring, and flood debris
  • Repair and replace collection system pipes
  • Repair and elevate lift stations and controls

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As detailed damage assessments are completed, Rick and the utility staff follow the recovery plan to coordinate the permanent repair work. Rick works with response partners to review the causes of damage to system components as documented in the detailed assessments.

This information is crucial to determining strategies and measures to incorporate during permanent repair work to reduce future impacts from disasters.

Rick also works with recovery partner organizations to identify ways to increase community resiliency, such as coordinating with the Our Town power utility to institute measures to reduce chances of power loss following severe storms.

Select the image to learn more about building community resiliency with the EPA's Community-Based Water Resiliency tool.

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