Water plant shut down by computer glitch
- Event Year
- 2010
- Reliability
- Confirmed
- Country
- United States
- Industry
- Water/Waste Water
Description
A computer shut down in the plant caused water processing to stop. The water continued to be pumped into the building from the resevoir causing the water to rise up from a manhole across the street from the plant.
Impact
Water processing stopped as a result of a computer glitch. The continual pumping of water from the resevoir intothe plant caused water to flow out of a manhole onto the street.