Development of decision support system for emergency management in water treatment plants.

The occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and earthquakes may cause water supply to stop working, which may also lead to social disasters and economic damages. Therefore, it is essential to prepare an emergency response management system to prepare disasters in water treatment infrastructures. In this study, a decision support system (DSS) responding to an emergency was proposed to systematically address possible problems in water treatment plants affected by various disasters. The DSS consists of several modules in the stages for planning, disaster sensing, and response and each module was developed based on a different approach depending on its function and purpose. The paper illustrates each module in detail and discusses the application in the proposed situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]