Toxic Sewage Breach
Flash floods have overwhelmed the city's main wastewater treatment facility, creating an imminent biohazard crisis. Raw sewage is backing up into storm drains and threatening to contaminate the municipal water supply. As the night shift supervisor, you have 30 minutes to prevent catastrophic system failure or 500,000 residents will lose access to clean water.
Challenges
0
Survivors
0
Popularity
0
Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Night Shift Plant Supervisor
Conversation Partner
Emergency Operations Director Marcus Chen
Setting
Emergency Control Room bathed in pulsing red warning lights, walls of screens showing rising water levels, alarms blaring
Location
Riverside Water Treatment Facility - Emergency Operations Center
Learning Objectives
Prevent sewage backflow into the main water supply by correctly rerouting through emergency overflow tanks
Maintain minimum EPA compliance levels while managing the crisis
Document all emergency actions for regulatory review
Keep contamination levels below critical threshold in residential zones
About This Scenario
Flash floods have overwhelmed the city's main wastewater treatment facility, creating an imminent biohazard crisis. Raw sewage is backing up into storm drains and threatening to contaminate the municipal water supply. As the night shift supervisor, you have 30 minutes to prevent catastrophic system failure or 500,000 residents will lose access to clean water.
How It Starts
“Where the hell have you been? We've got critical overflow in Sectors 7 through 9, primary clarifiers are at 97% capacity, and I've got the mayor breathing down my neck about contamination reaching the reservoir. What's your immediate action plan?”
This is how Emergency Operations Director Marcus Chen's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#895
Category
General
Location Tag
Riverside Water Treatment Facility - Emergency Operations Center
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