On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy brought devastation to the East Coast. Storm surge and flooding affected a large swath of the State of New Jersey. Along with the homes and businesses, critical public infrastructure including water and wastewater treatment facilities was inundated. One such entity that was impacted was the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority (KMUA). Two of KMUA's pump stations were flooded on October 29th and on October 30th their road to recovery started. Beginning with initial operational restoration efforts, their journey has included but is not limited to design approaches to increase resiliency at these facilities and obtaining funding from various sources for construction. Recovery efforts are funded by FEMA the optimum hazard mitigation solutions for the KMUA's facilities were investigated. Effective communication between the Owner, its operators, engineers, regulatory, and funding agencies is paramount to successful completion of the recovery efforts in a timely manner. Resiliency design options to fit both the needs of the facility and work with in the operational goals of the organization were evaluated with the Owner.
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