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September 1st is Disaster Prevention Day.

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Nine months have passed since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which occurred on New Year’s Day this year.

Some areas in the affected areas are still experiencing water outages. As of September 1st, WOTA continues to provide bathing and handwashing support at 15 facilities on the Noto Peninsula.

Bathing and handwashing not only improve hygiene and prevent infectious diseases but also help reduce the mental burden on disaster victims. That’s why the “lack of water for daily use during disasters” is a serious issue for disaster-stricken areas. Simply having water is not enough to be prepared for daily water needs. In addition to securing a large amount of water compared to drinking water, it is necessary to consider everything from water usage equipment such as showers to wastewater treatment after use.

With cooperation from various parties, we deployed approximately 100 “WOTA BOX” water-recycling showers and 200 “WOSH” handwashing stands throughout the Noto Peninsula during the peak of the disaster relief efforts following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. This covered 84% of the evacuation centers that suffered long-term water outages lasting more than two months.

However, in the event of “national-level disasters” such as the anticipated metropolitan earthquake and the Nankai Trough mega-earthquake, the scale of water damage is expected to be tens or even hundreds of times greater than this time.

As a precaution against national-level disasters, WOTA will accelerate the deployment of “WOTA BOX” and “WOSH” and organize a “wide-area mutual aid network” to help each other in times of emergency. We aim to build an environment where people across Japan will have access to water regardless of where a disaster strikes.

(Reference)
“Disaster Water Stress” Report on the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and National-Level Disasters:
https://wota.co.jp/news-240515/
https://wota.co.jp/news-240311/

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