Training held at Yokohama Park for using emergency underground water supply tanks. 100 city and company employees participated/Yokohama

Translated from the original article at: http://news.kanaloco.jp/localnews/article/1201190015/

January 19, 2012

Employees of area businesses participate in a training event, the use of underground water supply tanks during a disaster=Yokohama Park, Naka District, Yokohama City

On the 19th, an event was held in Yokohama Park (Naka District, Yokohama City) as part of Disaster Prevention Volunteer Week (January 15-21). A training session for operating disaster use underground water supply tanks was conducted. One hundred people participated, including employees from area businesses and players from the B-Corsairs professional basketball team (Japanese site). There, they learned such things as the method of accessing the water supply during a crisis.

According to the City Water Bureau, 1.5 meters below the plaza of the park, a tank has been set up to store 60,000 litres of water. During a crisis, it can supply six thousand people with water.

For the drill, city employees took out water from the tank using a hand pump and piping, and explained the method of operating the faucet. Together, company employees filled kettle and plastic bottles as they learned how to use the pump.

Motoba Ryoji (Age 54), of the Tokyo Gas Company Yokohama Branch said "This is the first time I've learned of the water tanks. I want to take this knowledge I've received in the training and share it to others within my company."

Within the city, there are 23 first aid reservoirs, 134 disaster use underground tanks and 358 emergency faucets, only to be used during times of crises. The event was also open for citizens to receive training. The City Water Bureau said "Together with households (understanding how to control) nearby emergency water supplies, we would like each of them to prepare for crises by stockpiling water behind their houses.


Original text:
横浜公園で災害用地下給水タンク使い給水訓練、市職員や会社員など１００人が参加/横浜
2012年1月19日

周辺企業の会社員らが参加し、災害用地下給水タンクを使って行われた給水訓練＝横浜市中区の横浜公園

防災とボランティア週間（１月15日～21日）を迎え横浜市は19日、横浜公園（中区）で、災害用地下給水タンクを使った給水訓練を行った。周辺企業の会社員やプロバスケットボールチーム「横浜ビー・コルセアーズ」の選手ら約１００人が参加し、非常時の給水方法などを学んだ。

市水道局によると、公園内水の広場の地下約１・５メートルに設置されたタンクには水道水約６万リットルがためられており、非常時には約６千人分の水が給水できる。

訓練では、市職員がタンクに取り付けた手動ポンプや水道管、蛇口の使用方法を説明。会社員らは持ち寄ったやかんやペットボトルに水を注ぐとともに、ポンプの扱い方なども学んだ。

東京ガス横浜支店の的場良次さん（54）は「ここに給水タンクがあることを初めて知った。訓練で得た知識を社内で共有したい」と話していた。

市内には、応急給水拠点として配水池が23カ所、災害用地下給水タンクが１３４カ所、緊急給水栓が３５８カ所あり、非常時は給水タンクのみ、訓練を受けた市民が開けることができる。市水道局は「自宅近くの応急給水拠点を把握するとともに、非常時に備えて各家庭で水を備蓄してほしい」と話している。