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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.