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PART II <br />EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS /CONTINGENCY PLAIN <br />The City of Little Canada has an overall City Emergency Plan that includes electrical <br />power, telephone, police, public works, and fire department plans. The following water <br />emergency preparedness /contingency plan, will be incorporated into the overall City <br />Emergency Plan. <br />Potential situations that could reduce or disrupt water service include natural disasters <br />such as drought, flood, or tornado, or manmade conditions such as mechanical <br />breakdowns of pumping facilities, electrical power failures, watermain breaks, and <br />contamination of water supply. Water emergencies can also be caused by high demand <br />such as catastrophic fires or sever drought. To date the City of Little Canada has not had <br />any water emergency it could not resolve. <br />• Short- Duration Emergencies <br />A short- duration emergency is classified by the city as water emergencies that <br />impact an isolated area of the water distribution system and can be resolved in one <br />day. Examples of short- duration emergencies are: <br />Watermain leak <br />Hydrant leak <br />Gate Valve leak. <br />• Electrical Failure Water Emergencies <br />Water emergencies resulting from electrical power failure will be handled with <br />generators. The city has a large portable generator capable of providing enough <br />power to run two of the pumps in the booster station. Two operating booster station <br />pumps provide enough pressure and water for daily use and at the same time fill the <br />city's elevated water tower. The city can also connect a smaller portable generator <br />to the telemetry system in the water tower enabling the water tower and booster <br />station controls, to talk to each other during power failures. If demand exceeded <br />pumping capabilities, a water emergency would be declared and all nonessential <br />water use banned. <br />• Long- Duration Water Emergencies <br />Long- duration water emergencies resulting from mechanical or system breakdowns, <br />natural disasters, or contamination of supply would be handled by water rationing, <br />opening the inter - connections with Roseville, and any other means available. These <br />emergencies could be the result of a Little Canada system failure or the result of an <br />emergency at the St. Paul Water Utility production facilities. <br />Page 125 <br />