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Nov 16, 2022
Damage to Drinking Water Supply System in the 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-Tobu Earthquake
Publication: Lifelines 2022
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This paper focuses on the damage to drinking water supply system in the 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-tobu earthquake. An earthquake of about 35 km in depth and magnitude MJMA=6.7 occurred at east of Iburi region in Hokkaido, Japan, at 3:07 local time on September 6th, 2018. Maximum seismic intensity of 7 was observed at Atsuma Town. The drinking water supply system in the stricken areas was severely damaged. Water service disruption occurred at about 68,000 households in 43 waterworks bureaus just after the earthquake. Water service disruption continued for more than one month at Atsuma Town. Tomisato purification plant and service reservoir of Atsuma Town suffered severe damage by a large-scale landslide. This paper introduces an outline of the earthquake and the damage induced by the earthquake, especially, damage to the drinking water supply system. Furthermore, lessons learned from the damage by this earthquake are discussed.
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Lifelines 2022
Pages: 322 - 329
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Published online: Nov 16, 2022
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1Dept. of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Email: [email protected]
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