Power Failure - Risks? - R+V Versicherung

Strategic Issues
• After one month with no electrical power, water,
transportation, emergency services, critical
manufacturing, and chemical sectors can face
widespread outages within the affected region. The loss
of water systems due to a power outage leads to many
cascading effects. Hospitals, schools, nursing homes,
restaurants, and office buildings all rely on water to
operate. Water is used for drinking, sanitation, and
heating and cooling systems in those facilities.
• Many manufacturing operations either use water as an
ingredient in their processes or rely on wastewater
systems to remove and process their manufacturing
waste.