Sewer BCP (Disaster Response Plan)

The Great East Japan Earthquake caused severe damage to sewerage facilities in affected areas, which had a significant impact on citizens' lives, including restrictions on the use of toilets and flooding of sewage from manholes. In response to such earthquakes, continuing sewerage work even in the event of a disaster is an urgent issue, and Motoichi immediately worked on the formulation of the “Sewerage Business Continuity Plan (BCP)” and “Yokohama City Sewerage BCP [Earthquake / tsunami] ".
In recent years, river flooding has affected sewerage facilities throughout the country, and measures against flood damage have been required. Therefore, we devise Yokohama-shi sewer BCP [flooding edition] newly and raise sewer business continuity power.

■What is Sewer BCP?
The Yokohama City disaster preparedness plan, which is stipulated in Yokohama City, is a comprehensive and basic plan that defines matters to be addressed, from prevention to emergency measures to recovery and reconstruction. The Yokohama City Sewerage BCP is a detailed plan for implementing matters to be addressed, such as emergency measures stipulated in the disaster preparedness plan, Yokohama City.

The “Yokohama City Sewerage BCP” refers to the tasks related to sewerage functions to be secured after the earthquake, as resources (people, goods, information, etc.) are restricted in the event of a disaster. At what level, what to do? "

BCP:Business Continuity Plan

■Yokohama City Sewerage BCP [Earthquake / tsunami], [Flood]

<To citizens and businesses>
In the event that considerable damage occurs to sewerage facilities due to an earthquake or heavy rain, and the sewage treatment function or flow function stops or decreases, we ask citizens to refrain from using the sewerage system (self-restraint, etc.) May be.

■About use of sewer at the time of disaster (request) (PDF: 53KB)