Whether you live and work in a hurricane zone or along tornado alley, it is important to recognize that time is of the essence when severe weather comes your way. Water and wastewater utilities will want to remain in operation for as long as possible and return to operation as rapidly as possible following a crisis. To ensure a rapid recovery, utilities should consider the following these tips in preparation for severe weather conditions.
 

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stormtips.pdf

Trenching and excavations are a common part of municipal and quasi-municipal operations in most communities. In most of these workplaces, trenching and excavation are not a daily occurrence, so it is extremely important that strict safety guidelines are followed as this is not a part of daily operations. This sample excavation checklist is designed to be completed by the site's "competent person" to ensure the safety of everyone working on the site and to keep your system in compliance with OSHA regulations.

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excavation_checklist.pdf

Much of our nation's water infrastructure—the systems that treat, distribute, collect, and clean water—was built nearly a century ago for a much smaller population that now exists. It is aging and often overburdened. When you figure in that there are roughly 800,000 miles of water pipe and 600,000 miles of sewer line crisscrossing out nation, you begin to see why it is so very important that we don’'t play games when it comes to maintaining and improving the system we have. This is a quick-view asset life-expectancy guide.

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asset_life.pdf

This poster shows how the Safe Drinking Water Act works to protect surface and groundwater sources of public drinking water and potential threats to these water sources.

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epa_water_sources_poster.pdf