Thanks Donnie,

For most areas, it's mandated that water AND wastewater treatment facilities have backup generators. More treatment plants are installing these generators every year.

This is part of an overall Emergency Response plan or ERP. In developing the ERP, the facility staff goes through a variety of likely AND unlikely scenarios in order to develop a quicker response.

For example, if there was an outbreak of bird flu, I, along with a group of other plant personnel, would not be allowed to leave the treatment plant until it was contained.

Gregg