RAPID: Collaborative Research: Enhance the Resilience of Water Infrastructure in Mid-sized Cities Adjacent to Energy Industry

RAPID：合作研究：增强毗邻能源工业的中型城市水基础设施的弹性

• 批准号: 1760673
• 负责人: Danny Reible
• 金额: $ 5.94万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-15 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1760673&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Collaborative; Research; Enhance; Resilience

1759542 (Lou)/1760673 (Reible). At the heart of U.S. energy and chemical processing industry, Hurricane Harvey caused multiple chemical spills/explosions, flooding of superfund sites, and even the flooding of a primary pump station, which draws river water to a drinking water treatment plant (WTP). If the source water is contaminated by hazardous chemicals released from multiple sources, compounded by the failure of a WTP, public health, and also productivity of the local industry will be severely threatened. This study will address drinking water safety issues under threats of the release of hazardous chemicals during major natural disasters, and identify strategies to improve infrastructure resilience in mid-sized cities. This research will obtain extremely valuable data relating to the drinking water quality and the release to transport of hazardous chemicals caused by Harvey. The investigation will provide answers to the following critical questions: 1) What kind of hazardous chemicals in an energy production region have the highest risk to be released and contaminate source water under major natural disasters? 2) What are their distribution, fate and transport patterns from the source point to WTP intake spots? 3) What strategies should be taken to enhance the resilience of the drinking water system in mid-sized coastal cities adjacent to energy industry? The research results will provide communities a better understanding of the risks and how to manage them. The contingency plan can be applied to small and mid-sized cities, which often have limited resources and few alternatives. The strategies identified will enhance the integrity of urban infrastructure, as well as the normal production of industrial activities.

1759542（卢）/1760673（雷布尔）。在美国能源和化学加工业的中心，飓风哈维造成多起化学品泄漏/爆炸、超级基金场地被淹，甚至还导致将河水抽送到饮用水处理厂 (WTP) 的主泵站被淹。如果水源被多个来源释放的危险化学品污染，再加上WTP的故障，公众健康和当地工业的生产力将受到严重威胁。这项研究将解决重大自然灾害期间危险化学品释放威胁下的饮用水安全问题，并确定提高中型城市基础设施恢复能力的策略。这项研究将获得有关饮用水质量和哈维造成的危险化学品运输释放的极其有价值的数据。此次调查将回答以下关键问题：1）能源生产地区哪些危险化学品在重大自然灾害下最有可能释放并污染水源水？ 2）它们从源头到WTP摄入点的分布、归宿和运输模式是什么？ 3）应采取哪些策略来增强毗邻能源工业的沿海中型城市饮用水系统的弹性？研究结果将使社区更好地了解风险以及如何管理风险。该应急计划可适用于中小城市，这些城市通常资源有限且替代方案很少。所确定的战略将增强城市基础设施的完整性以及工业活动的正常生产。