Mirex AquaPure Solutions Blog How Excessive Flooding Effects Wastewater Treatment Plants

90% of natural disasters are flood related Today we will be taking a closer look at how excessive flooding effects wastewater treatment plants. After wildfires, flooding is the most widespread natural disaster in the United States; in fact, they consist of 90% of the natural disasters announced by our President. Flooding not only impacts our drinking water, it can also cause damage to our assets, personnel and loss of power. Flooding causes environmental disaster Another factor to consider is many wastewater treatment plants take preventative measures, such as; creating an emergency response plan, elevating electrical equipment and having emergency generators on hand, to increase their flood resilience (ability to withstand flooding).  These measures minimize damage, and aid them in a rapid recovery.  However, even with... The post How Excessive Flooding Effects Wastewater Treatment Plants appeared first on Mirex AquaPure Solutions.