Emergency Preparedness

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Natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods can disrupt your drinking water supply and your wastewater disposal systems. The information below is to help identify some of the issues you may face preparing for, during and after an event that can directly threaten your health and the health of your family. Your source of drinking water and wastewater disposal may be a public water supply or in some cases your own private well and septic.

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Emergency Disinfection Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water Desinfección de Emergencia del Agua Potable (PDF) (4pp, 320K) DÉSINFECTION DE SECOURS DE L'EAU POTABLEé (PDF) (4pp, 317K) KHỬ TRÙNG KHẨN CẤP NƯỚC UỐNG (PDF) (4pp, 419K) ﺗﻄﻬﻴﺮ ﻣﺎء اﻟﺸﺮب ﻓﻲ ﺣﺎﻻت اﻟﻄﻮارئ (PDF) (4pp, 391K)	Water and Wastewater Utilities Pre Hurricane Preparation Post Hurricane Clean-up
Private Well and Septic Owners What to do After a Flood: Wells Qué Hacer Después de la Inundación (PDF) (3pp, 196K) Nên Làm Gì Sau Cơn Bão Lụt (PDF) (3pp, 382K) What to do After a Flood: Septic Sistemas Sépticos - Qué hacer después de una inundación (PDF) (2pp, 104K) Hệ thống hầm nước thải – Làm gì sau cơn lụt (PDF) (2pp, 146K)	Other Resources EPA Natural Events Website CDC Food & Water Safety CDC Hurricane Preparedness FEMA Emergency Preparedness

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