Now that winter has taken hold, it’s a good time to review some of the actions sewer and water utilities can take to prepare for extreme cold weather events.
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall during severe winter storms offer an assortment of potential problems for utilities, including pipe breaks, power loss, employee absences, limited access due to snowy roads or ice storm damage, source water quality issues related to road salt, flooding, frozen equipment and more.
But thanks to the mysterious and clairvoyant abilities of meteorologists, we often know winter storms are coming in advance, and that’s the perfect time
