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Inland Flooding Advance Notification System: Underground Storage Tanks and Water Quality Impacts
Citation:
Kremer, F., Alex Hall, E. Clark, AND D. Young. Inland Flooding Advance Notification System: Underground Storage Tanks and Water Quality Impacts. IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things, New Orleans, LA, June 14 - July 31, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
Extreme weather and effects of flooding are a significant factor in keeping fueling facilities operational. Additionally, leaks occurring from fueling facilities during flooding events can contaminate drinking water supplies, further exacerbating the ability to deliver drinking water to communities in these events.
Description:
The nation’s supply chains are critical in preparing for and responding to extreme weather events. Vertical integration in preparation and response is needed across the national, state and local organizations in ensuring adaptable supply chains that can withstand and recover from the stresses of extreme weather events. In extreme events, the four key elements of these supply chains are food, fuel, water, and pharmaceutical and medical supplies. For the fuel supply chain, the effects of flooding are a significant factor in keeping fueling facilities operational. Additionally, leaks occurring from fueling facilities during flooding events can contaminate drinking water supplies, further exacerbating the ability to deliver drinking water to communities. The USEPA recently released a national inventory of the infrastructure and geospatial data on fueling facilities. In the US, there are approximately 33,000 underground storage tanks with 250 million gallons of fuel/hazardous substances within FEMA’s estimated 100 yr. floodplain. EPA is working with NOAA in the development of a 10-day advance information system to provide notification to States, tribes, communities, and facility owner/operators of ensuing flood potential to better prepare and respond to inland flooding events.