Seismic Resilience in Design of New Water Supply Systems: A Natural Disaster Resilience Framework Informed by Lessons Learned from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Crisis
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To prepare for future seismic events, effective resilience frameworks informed by lessons from past disasters will help to address this complex problem. This work discusses a seismic resilience design approach for a new water infrastructure system supported by an effective framework and lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami crisis. This work discusses four main topic areas including describing the $1.3 billion Willamette Water Supply System (WWSS) and the seismic hazard it faces. It discusses key insight drawn from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami crisis in Japan. From this an overall resilience framework that addresses the complexities and interconnected elements associated with natural disasters is proposed. Finally, the resilience framework, together with the lessons learned from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunamic crisis and other related thinking are applied to the WWSS to illustrate how the framework can be practically and effectively implemented to improve the resilience of water infrastructure systems. This work provides a case study of how these measures can be implemented in the development of a new seismically resilient water infrastructure system, as well as highlights fundamental policy decisions related to establishing level of service priorities.
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