GOLDEN GUARDIAN 2008SOSAFE

GOLDEN GUARDIAN 2008SOSAFE

Golden Guardian 2008 OverviewGolden Guardian 2008 Overview

Golden Guardian: annual state exercise with different focus each year

– Sponsored by Office of Homeland Security

Southern San Andreas Fault exercise (SOSAFE)

CalTech, USGS providing seismology analyses

7.8 Earthquake from Salton Sea to Gorman

Golden Guardian: annual state exercise with different focus each year

– Sponsored by Office of Homeland Security

Southern San Andreas Fault exercise (SOSAFE)

CalTech, USGS providing seismology analyses

7.8 Earthquake from Salton Sea to Gorman

Map of SOSAFE EarthquakeMap of SOSAFE EarthquakeMap of SOSAFE EarthquakeMap of SOSAFE Earthquake

Golden Guardian 2008 OverviewGolden Guardian 2008 Overview

San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass

– Telecom (fiber optic cables)

– Rail lines (chlorine supplies from Henderson, NV)

– Natural gas pipelines

– Electric power lines

– Colorado River Aqueduct

San Andreas Fault at Cajon Pass

– Telecom (fiber optic cables)

– Rail lines (chlorine supplies from Henderson, NV)

– Natural gas pipelines

– Electric power lines

– Colorado River Aqueduct

Exercise ObjectivesExercise Objectives Evaluate Metropolitan’s ability to

communicate in telecom outage– EOC, ICCs– Member agencies, outside agencies

Evaluate Metropolitan’s ability to respond to damage at multiple sites

Evaluate Metropolitan’s ability to respond to widespread damage– Availability of critical resources, including

chemicals

Exercise Objectives (cont.)Exercise Objectives (cont.) Evaluate Metropolitan’s ability to

communicate in telecom outage– EOC, ICCs– Member agencies, outside agencies

Evaluate long-term economic impact of widespread disaster– Additional costs for alternative sources

– Replacement of facilities and equipment

– Possible reduction in water sales

– Other business impacts

Damage Scenario(Posited for Exercise)

Damage Scenario(Posited for Exercise)

Colorado River Aqueduct– Three locations near Whitewater break– Member agencies, outside agencies

California Aqueduct– Devil Canyon flow to Santa Ana Valley Pipeline fails

– East Branch of aqueduct has numerous breaks

Pipeline Failures– Rialto Feeder

– Upper Feeder at Santa Ana River crossing

Damage Scenario (cont.)Damage Scenario (cont.)

Treatment plants– Flocculators fail in 1/3 of basins at all plants– Sedimentation basin sludge removal

equipment fails in ¼ of basins at Jensen, 1/3 of basins at all other plants

–Washwater tanks (both) at Weymouth fail– Alum tanks at Jensen fail– Offsite power fails at all plants– Slope failure at Diemer damages WWRP#2,

resulting in loss of water from basins

Damage Scenario (cont.)Damage Scenario (cont.)

Union Station– No major structural failures– Data Center, Telecom Room problems–Microwave dish on roof out of alignment– Loss of outside power

Agency ParticipationAgency Participation MARS (Member Agency Response System)MARS (Member Agency Response System)

– Metropolitan Water District coordinating with all Metropolitan Water District coordinating with all participating member agencies participating member agencies

Eastern MWD

– City of Perris asked to coordinate with Eastern

– Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.) Long Beach, City of

– Activate Department Operations Center

– 2 Shifts for DOC and windshield surveys

– Shift change at noon

– Friday, 11/14 – Potable Water Distribution Plan

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.) Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power

– Multiple exercises leading up to GG08

– Evacuation exercise May 7 Hope Street building (2,300 – 2,500 employees)

– Full-scale exercise July 16 (~3,000 employees)

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.) MWDOC/ WEROC

– Will activate one EOC

– Coordinating with Orange County Operational Area; will have liaison at OC OA EOC

– Day 1 – 9 special districts, 6 city departments doing at least functional exercises

– 4 agencies replacing 2 interties as interagency capital projects to practice mutual assistance

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.) MWDOC/ WEROC (cont.)

– Monday, 11/17 – Duck and cover, evacuation, Continuity of Operations exercise based on new manual

– Tuesday, 11/18 - Multi-agency County tabletop on sustained operations

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.)

SDCWASDCWA– Coordinating with San Diego County Coordinating with San Diego County

Operational Area; will have liaison at SD OA Operational Area; will have liaison at SD OA EOCEOC

– San Diego Co. - mass care exercise based San Diego Co. - mass care exercise based on assumption thousands will evacuate to on assumption thousands will evacuate to San Diego Co.San Diego Co.

– San Diego Co. plans to break damsSan Diego Co. plans to break dams

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.)

Western MWD of Riverside CountyWestern MWD of Riverside County– Possible pipe breaks: Possible pipe breaks:

Mills Treatment Plant (Met) effluent lineMills Treatment Plant (Met) effluent lineSARI (Santa Ana Regional Interceptor) SARI (Santa Ana Regional Interceptor)

line (Santa Ana Watershed Project line (Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority)Authority)

– Corona Feeder, 60” pipe 15’ undergroundCorona Feeder, 60” pipe 15’ undergroundwill tie into Millswill tie into Millsnow emptynow emptyplan to use for shelterplan to use for shelter

Agency Participation (cont.)Agency Participation (cont.)

ERNIE (Emergency Response Network ERNIE (Emergency Response Network of Inland Empire)of Inland Empire)– Exercising separate from San Bernardino Exercising separate from San Bernardino

CountyCounty– Coordinating with CalWARN, CDPHCoordinating with CalWARN, CDPH

Other AgenciesOther Agencies CA Department of Water ResourcesCA Department of Water Resources

– Coordinate for damage to Devil Canyon and California Aqueduct

CA Office of Emergency Services

CA Department of Public Health

California Utilities Emergency Association (CUEA)

Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN)

– CUEA and WARN to practice mutual aid/assistance

CalTech /USGS Lessons LearnedCalTech /USGS Lessons Learned

Scientists stocking more water at home!

Largest emergency response exercise in the country to date (Bigger than Top-Off)