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Title: Systems Measures of Water Distribution System Resilience

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1177373· OSTI ID:1177373
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Resilience is a concept that is being used increasingly to refer to the capacity of infrastructure systems to be prepared for and able to respond effectively and rapidly to hazardous events. In Section 2 of this report, drinking water hazards, resilience literature, and available resilience tools are presented. Broader definitions, attributes and methods for measuring resilience are presented in Section 3. In Section 4, quantitative systems performance measures for water distribution systems are presented. Finally, in Section 5, the performance measures and their relevance to measuring the resilience of water systems to hazards is discussed along with needed improvements to water distribution system modeling tools.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USEPA
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1177373
Report Number(s):
SAND2015-20746R; 558192
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English