The Current Situation and Circumstances Regarding the Great Earthquake Damage
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1 The Current Situation and Circumstances Regarding the Great Earthquake Damage Ishinomaki District Water Supply Authority Junichi Takaki, Deputy Technology Director 116 Shinkaminuma Hebita Ishinomaki-city Miyagi Japan Abstract The cities of Ishinomaki and Higashi Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, which our corporation's supplies water, are located on the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region, so they sustained massive damage from the earthquake, moreover from the unprecedented gigantic tsunami caused by seismic activity. About one and a half years have passed since the disaster and emergency restoration has been completed. Our corporation has situated this fiscal year as the first year of reconstruction, and is systematically driving business operations forward. The biggest job is the relocation of the water treatment plant. The Hebita water treatment plant, which has the capacity to process 55,000m3 of water per day, was shaken by the seismic activity, and the area surrounding the structure along with its support base was liquefied, which created cracks and leakage in the settling basin and caused massive damage to the pipes in the plant. In the case that an earthquake of such magnitude occurs again, it is feared that water processing will stop functioning, and that there will be a water outage for a long period of time. Restoring at the current location will require time and money because of operating the existing facilities at the same time. So we have a plan to transfer all functions of the Hebita water treatment plant to the Sueyama water treatment plant, which has a solid foundation and wasn t affected by the tsunami, until FY2014. In addition, the decrease of the population supplied with water and the suspension of operations at the plant that many people use have caused an extreme decrease in income from water utilities charges. On the one hand, it is expected that restoration work will cost a lot of money. So in order to continue the stable administration of water supply operations from here forward, it is important for us to secure the source of the strong financial support, for example the support we have received from the country, along with reducing the cost of providing water. The areas which received massive damage from the tsunami have carried out restoration in the reconstruction plans of Ishinomaki and Higashi Matsushima, and it is requested for us that the improvement of water supply facilities has to be flexible in response to a variety of reconstruction measures such as the relocation of disaster prevention groups and the construction of roads with high embankments. Keywords Ishinomaki Higashimatusima The Great Tohoku Earthquake Introduction A little more than a year has passed since the Great Tohoku Earthquake. I would like to take this opportunity to once again express our deepest thanks for the unsparing support and continued cooperation we are receiving from the whole country's water supply corporations and everyone who is related to water services in each area, beginning with the Japan Water Works Association along with the Japan Water Supply Technology Research Center, in response to the earthquake and tsunami damage. Today, since our corporation has taken this opportunity to report, I would like to present on ''The Current Situation and Circumstances Regarding the Great Earthquake's Damage.'' The Current Situation and Circumstances of the Great Earthquake's Damage The coast of Tohoku area received catastrophic damage from the tremors and the unprecedented giant tsunami caused by the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Within our corporation's water supply
2 district, the maximum seismic intensity was recorded at the 6th highest level, and it was confirmed that the land sank as much as 1.2m depending on the area. In addition, the giant tsunami, centering on the coastal areas, was observed at a height of 8.6m in the city of Ishinomaki. 110k m2, that is 16.7% of the combined area of Ishinomaki and Higashi Matsushima, were flooded by the tsunami. In these two cities 4,882 people are dead or missing and 25,187 houses were completely destroyed; that number comes to 60,685 houses including largely destroyed, half destroyed, and partly destroyed houses. Current Business Volume The damage caused by the tsunami has greatly affected our business volume. At the end of 2011, we supplied water to 192,304 people and 72,506 houses, 11,537 people and 2,780 houses less than 2010, before the disaster. Restoration Progress Our water treatment plants stopped functioning due the power outage which continued after the outbreak of the disaster, and all of the 75,673 houses lost their water supply. Beginning with water supplies from emergency medical institutions such as the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital five days after the disaster, on the 16th of March, we steadily continued to restore our operations in conjunction with emergency water supplies, but all of the houses lost their water supply again due to the aftershock on the 7th of April, and the many pipes were damaged again. The areas which suffered from the tsunami had to continue emergency restoration while disposing of the scattered rubble and the accumulated toxic sludge; furthermore, there was flooding due to the sinking of the land along with the rise of the sea level and the underground water level; restoration work was extremely difficult. Currently, aside from the areas which received tremendous damage from the tsunami, restoration work is largely completed. The Situation of the Damaged Water Supply Facilities There were 187 cases of damage to water supply facilities such as water treatment plants as of October, Among those, our organization's main water treatment plant in Hebita, which had the ability to process 55,000 cubic meters of water, was flooded 50cm by the tsunami, and in addition the structure along with the pipes inside received a tremendous amount of damage from the shaking and the liquefaction caused by the earthquake. The section which connects the mixing basin to the water conduit and the first and second settling basins were cracked all the way down to their bases, and damage to the expansion joint caused leakage. The main parts of the pumping structure, such as the pillars and beams, were damaged, and there were many incidents of leakage from the pipes inside; the damage was tremendous. 68 cases of damage inside the Hebita water treatment plant were confirmed, and the functioning of one of the three water treatment systems, which processed 15,000m³ of water, stopped for four months. Currently, we have finished emergency restoration to the extent that there are no obstacles to our water processing, but due to the sinking of the land's foundation caused by the phenomenon of
3 liquefaction, the stakes directly below the frame's base are protruding and a gap has formed, so restoration is under difficult circumstances. In the case that we are once again struck by a big earthquake like this one, it is feared that water treatment will stop functioning and that about 50% of our district will lose its water supply for an extended period of time. As a result, we will transfer all of the functions of the Hebita water treatment plant to the Sueyama water treatment plant, which is situated on high ground and has a strong foundation, until 2014 because we need time and money for restoration at the current location. The water treatment capacity of the Sueyama plant, which was 25,000m³ of water per day, has become 80,000m³ since all of the functions of the Hebita water treatment plant were transferred, and it has become a rapid filtration-style water treatment plant. Next, concerning the coastal areas, Ogatsu district's Ohhama water treatment plant, almost no time after being outfitted, along with Kitakami district's Aikawa water treatment plant received catastrophic damage from the tsunami as their membrane filtration-style equipment was destroyed. Currently, temporary portable membrane filtration-style equipment is installed and water supply has commenced. Concerning the drawing of water at the Aikawa and Ohhama water treatment plants, from now on it is necessary to make sure of the water quality in these districts in such ways as measuring the density of chloride ions in the water and continually inspecting the electrical conductivity of the water and so on using water quality gauges because the water quality at the source is unstable due to the increase of chloride ions. And the introduction of maintenance and renewal programs based on asset management is also under consideration for the restoration of water supply facilities. The Circumstances of Damage to Pipes 2,356 incidents of pipe damage occurred including all of the water conveyance, water transmission, water distribution, and water supply pipes. Among those, there were 1,396 incidents involving water supply pipes, the most numerous, comprising about 60% of the whole. There were 623 incidents of damage to the actual pipes and 62 incidents of damage to attached facilities, 0.37 incidents per kilometer. The details are as follows: 1 69 incidents of damage to cast-iron pipes, mostly leakage from the joints incidents of damage to ductile cast-iron pipes. Among those, 0 incidents of damage occurred in the 172.2km of earthquake-resistant joints. 332 incidents of damage to steel pipes incidents of damage to PVC pipes, the most numerous, in the form of damage to joints. 532 incidents of damage to asbestos cement pipes. 613 incidents of damage to polyethylene pipes. The damage of the coastal areas was massive; roads and piers are crumbling and water distribution pipes are exposed due to the tsunami, and there was damage to the bridge-attached pipes due to ruptures and contact with flotsam. Currently, these have been urgently restored by temporary stainless steel pipes and polyethylene pipes. Summary of Plans and Policies for Reconstruction
4 Reconstruction plans for the areas which received catastrophic destruction from the tsunami, are being implemented with the plans for Ishinomaki and Higashi Matsushima. A ten year plan for fundamental disaster reconstruction for the two cities is being decided on, and there is the idea to promote the outfitting of such things as water distribution pipes together with this plan because such measures as transferring disaster prevention groups and constructing roads with high embankments are being included in these discussions. But the following four issues are being considered on top of promoting reconstruction: First of all, it is being requested that pipe re-laying be included in the plans to outfit roads with high embankments, which will also act as seawalls. Secondly, pipes are to be laid at a lower depth depending on the embankments because the land has sunken 70cm to 1.2m in some areas, so the person in charge of maintaining the pipes in ways such as discovering and repairing leaks will have difficulty. Thirdly, the re-suspension of bridge-attached pipes needs to accompany the re-suspension of the bridges due to the sinking of the land. Fourthly, the work to relocate water transmission and distribution pipes which will hinder the accompanying work to restore roads and sewers must be presented. The Water Supply Business' Issues While various projects are proposed accompanying such disaster reconstruction, our income from water service charges, which supports our core management, is drastically decreased due to fewer customers and the suspension of the operation of factories and such with a large number of users. Our income has decreased about 44%, 2.4B, compared to 2011, and our effective water ratio, the proportion of water used effectively without leaking, plummeted from 94% before the disaster to 72.5% at the end of The approximately 22% decrease of our effective water ratio has become a great loss to us in the middle of strict management conditions where we can't even hope for income from water service charges. For that reason we are thinking that from this April we started to carry out leakage investigations in our entire water supply district, and we want to return to predisaster levels as quickly as possible. What Should We Do Now? Taking such an administrative environment into account, at present we are considering whether to cancel or suspend project plans that we have continually promoted up to this point, such as outfitting waterworks facilities, outfitting simple integrated water facilities, and updating our asbestos cement pipes, until we have a clear view of reconstruction. From now on, with a view to decrease disasters, we are thinking that we have to outfit our water supply facilities in conformance with the region's actual circumstances. The Deployment of Reconstruction Support Personnel Since the disaster, 19 staff members have been dispatched from the 11 water supply corporations through the ''Great Tohoku Earthquake Federated Water Services Reconstruction Support Committee,'' which was organized by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare along with the Water Services Association, as we are racking our brains to get disaster-related work started in earnest in addition to continuing the regular duties which we have performed up to this point. Receiving such business assistance is incredibly reassuring and encouraging. Words cannot express our deep feelings of gratitude for the staff members we have received from these water supply
5 corporations, which understand our corporation s circumstances even though they are not in a position to spare anything at all. Conclusion More than a year has passed since the disaster and we are finally at the starting line facing toward reconstruction, having finished temporary emergency restoration. We humbly request your continued support and cooperation from now on because we are systematically promoting projects to construct a stable supply system at an early stage, situating this year as the first year of revival.
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