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Oct 16, 2014
Chapter 5
Potable Water Systems
Publication: Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China, Earthquake of 2008: Lifeline Performance
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This chapter overviews the existing water systems. Townships, village governments, or groups of homeowners operate the wells and spring water collection systems. In larger cities, such as Dujiangyan, where damage to buildings was sporadic, individual buried pipes were repaired, and new pipes were limited to evacuation zones with newly installed above-ground water pipes. One report described damage to water treatment plants with structural cracks in the building walls; however, the plants apparently remained in operation. In a major disaster with extensive destruction of homes, water system recovery includes two progressive steps: (1) providing water to central locations and temporary housing locations, such as disaster control centers and tent encampments, and (2) repairing and recovering the existing water systems.
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Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China, Earthquake of 2008: Lifeline Performance
Pages: 151 - 171
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