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（Lou）/1760673（Reible）。在美国能源和化学加工业的中心，飓风哈维造成了多起化学品泄漏/爆炸，超级基金场地被洪水淹没，甚至一个主泵站被洪水淹没，该泵站将河水引入饮用水处理厂（WTP）。如果水源水被多种来源释放的危险化学品污染，再加上污水处理厂的故障，公共卫生和当地工业的生产力将受到严重威胁。该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，并确定提高中等城市基础设施复原力的战略。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释放到运输方面的极有价值的数据。调查将回答以下关键问题：1）在重大自然灾害发生时，能源生产区域中哪种危险化学品释放并污染水源水的风险最高？2)它们的分布、归宿和从源头到污水处理厂取水点的迁移模式是什么？3)应采取什么样的策略来提高邻近能源工业的沿海中等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。应急计划可适用于中小城市，这些城市往往资源有限，替代方案很少。所确定的战略将加强城市基础设施的完整性以及工业活动的正常生产。