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dc.contributor.advisorPacheco Crosetti, Gustavo E.
dc.contributor.authorLugo Montes, Abdiel
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-16T12:48:32Z
dc.date.available2020-11-16T12:48:32Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-13
dc.identifier.citationLugo Montes, A. (2020). Risk & vulnerability assessment on water treatment infrastructure against natural hazards in Puerto Rico [Research Poster]. Undergraduate Research Program For Honor Students HSI STEM Grant, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/944
dc.descriptionFinal Research Poster for the Undergraduate Research Program for Honor Students HSI STEM Grant.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research focused on the use of FEMA’s Hazus-Multi Hazard GIS modeling software for the performance of a risk and vulnerability assessment on drinking water treatment plants in Puerto Rico against natural hazards. Earthquake simulation by the software provided damage estimates for the water treatment plants closest to the epicenter. Based on the damage percentages provided by the software, an identification of the most vulnerable potable water treatment facility was accomplished. The limitation for the usage of only earthquake and tsunami hazards for the island of Puerto Rico, and the complex workings of the software, limits its potential usage for risk and vulnerability assessments in the future. With the proper development for the application of multiple hazards and the update to the default databases for Puerto Rico by the FEMA Hazus team, multiple risk and vulnerability assessments may be accomplished for different structures and for different natural hazards.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research project was supported by the Title V STEM Grant “Bridges to STEM Success” P 0031 C 160141en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCivil and Environmental Engineering Program
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUndergraduate Research Program For Honor Students HSI STEM Grant 2019-2020
dc.relation.haspartSan Juan Campus
dc.subject.lcshDrinking water
dc.subject.lcshEarthquakes--Puerto Rico
dc.subject.lcshHAZUS(Information retrieval system)
dc.subject.lcshEarthquake hazard analysis--Puerto Rico--Computer programs
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Undergraduates--Posters
dc.titleRisk & Vulnerability Assessment on Water Treatment Infrastructure against Natural Hazards in Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.typePosteren_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Undergraduate Research Program for Honor Students HSI STEM Grant


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