Flood Resilience: A Basic Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities

Small- to medium-sized water utilities can use this guide to help them prepare for flooding. The document provides information, worksheets, and short videos that outline a four-step assessment process that can help any water utility determine their flooding threat and identify practical mitigation options to protect their critical assets.

Examples of practical mitigation steps suggested in the guide include:

• preparing an emergency response plan
• placing barriers around key assets
• bolting down chemical tanks
• elevating electrical equipment