Seismic improvement of water pipes Important facilities are expected to be completed within the fiscal year 11:08 on January 3, Tokyo
The seismic retrofitting of water pipes promoted by Tokyo is less than half in the whole Tokyo, but the seismic retrofitting of water pipes that lead to particularly important facilities such as hospitals, police stations, fire departments, etc. It is expected to be completed within the year.
In the event of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake just below the southern center of Tokyo, according to the damage forecast compiled by the national study group, the population facing water outage in the Tokyo metropolitan area, even one week after the outbreak, would remain in Tokyo It is estimated to be 8.51 million.
In order to prevent such a large-scale water outage, Tokyo is promoting seismic resistance of water pipes, but the rate of earthquake resistance in Tokyo was 44% as of the end of last fiscal year.
On the other hand, there are hospitals that serve as bases for local communities that are used by many people, parliament, central ministries and police stations that play an important role in disaster recovery, fire departments, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games venues and major The construction of the water pipes connected to stations and other facilities is being prioritized, and the earthquake resistance is expected to be completed by the end of the fiscal year.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Waterworks Bureau is urgently working on other water pipes, but it is estimated that only 54% of the total will be earthquake-resistant by three years.