To: [email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 15:49:36 -0000
Subject: ready for y2k??
Copies to: [email protected]
Priority: normal
Hello - I am a resident of santa cruz. I just read an alert that there is
a possibility of y2k related releases of untreated sewage and toxic
chemicals at many water treatment plants. Could you please answer the
following questions as soon as possible? Thanks so much.
I also checked EPA's Risk Management Plan database and did not find a report for
the facility near downtown Santa Cruz at Neary Lagoon (I nearly missed your other facility as the street name is mispelled, and the county name is missing, among other errors). I only found
a facility on Graham Hill Rd. Why is there no report for this facility?
Mike Meuser
[email protected]
For a press release and copy of the report check:
https://mapcruzin.com/rmp_maps/water_treatment.htm.
10 Questions for you to answer:
1.Have you completed your Y2K remediation, replacement, testing and
contingency planning? If not, when will you be done?
2.Since industry experts have reported that independent outside Y2K
auditors often identify many-fold more Y2K problems than on-site staff,
can you tell me whether your Y2K assessment was done by outside auditors?
3.Do you have a contingency plan that covers what you will do in case of
problems with the: (a) treatment plant; (b) distribution / collection
system; (c) electrical supply; (d) telecommunications; or (d) chemical or
othe
r deliveries due to Y2K problems? Has it been tested in drills? Please
provide me a copy.
4.How many hours / days can you provide water or sewer services without
electricity?
5.Do you have Y2K-tested backup power generators? How long can they supply
power without fuel deliveries or other replenishments? Do you have an
agreement with the local electric utility that you are first in line in
case
of a power outage / brownout?
6.How long can you provide water / sewer services without deliveries of
treatment chemicals, parts, or other necessities?
7.If your contingency plan relies upon manual operation, will you have
adequate fully-trained staff at the plant to operate the plant manually at
the time of the rollover? How long can those staff members operate the
plan
t manually? Have you completed drills for all staff to assure that manual
operation will work for an extended period?
8.How will the public -- and especially vulnerable populations and their
care providers -- be notified if there is a Y2K problem? Do you have a
notification plan that includes health clinics, hospitals, nursing homes,
dia
lysis centers, and similar facilities?
9.What is your plan if there were to be a major spill of chemicals or
sewage upstream of the drinking water intake? How long can the
system provide safe drinking water if the source water becomes
seriously contaminated?
10.Have you provided your customers with recommendations
as to how to prepare for Y2K?
