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Tuesday, February 25 • 3:00pm - 3:45pm
In the Dark - How the City of Portage Responded to an Unprecedented Power Outage

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On Thanksgiving Day weekend (October 2019) the entire City of Portage and most of the surrounding area lost all hydro for several days. This paper will focus on how the operations team kept water and sewer flowing, lessons learned, and how emergency response has been improved.
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Karly Friesen

Director of Utility, City of Portage la Prairie
Karly Friesen is the Director of Utility for the City of Portage la Prairie and oversees the Water Treatment Division(Class 4), Wastewater Treatment Division (Class 4), as well as the Utility Maintenance Department including 13 Lift Stations. She worked as the lab tech at the wastewater... Read More →

Tuesday February 25, 2020 3:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Amphitheatre
  O&M

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