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14 Natural Hazards & Climate Change Table 14-2 – Newport’s Critical Facilities Critical Infrastructure Critical Historic Structures in Flood Zone Nursing & Elderly Facilities Public Utilities Emergency Shelters City Hall Brick Market Place Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center Station 1 Water Treatment Plant Newport Area Career and Technical Center Fire Station 1, 2 & 5 Castle Hill Light House St. Claire Home Forest Avenue Pumping Station Sheffield Elementary School Newport Police Department Sherman Clark House Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Saint Mary’s Pumping Station Pell School Newport Hospital Covell William King III House John Clarke Retirement Center Reservoir Road Water Storage Tank Florence Gray Center Newport Animal Hospital Hunter House Blenheim Wastewater Treatment Facility Emergency Shelter Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse Scattered Elderly Housing Project Washington Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Facility Pell School Newport Steam Factory Donovan manor Lawton Valley Water Treatment Plant and Water Storage Tanks Thompson Middle School Perry Mill House Mumford Manor Paradise Pumping Station Rogers High School Rose Island Lighthouse John Clarke School Senior Apartments Sakonnet Pumping Station Newport Area Career & Technical Center Seaman’s Church Institute Market Square Paramount Theatre Apartments Goulart Lane Water Storage Tank Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center Festival Field Housing Naval War College Ahepa 245 I and II Senior Housing Wellington Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Facility 13 Sewer Pumping Stations Naval Station Newport Source: Newport 2014 Hazard Mitigation Plan Water Supply Increased precipitation and storms can lead to inland flooding, which can cause problems for Newport’s water supply. Excessive water can cause dam breach for Newport’s drinking water reservoir dams. The Easton Pond South dam is susceptible to dam breach as it is designated as a high hazard by the Dam Safety Program report conducted in 2013. The high hazard designation means that a breach can result in the loss of human life. In addition to dam breach, water supply is also affected by hotter weather, which can lead to drought like conditions. Drought from depleted reservoirs levels and warming water temperatures would put strain on the water quality and quantity in Newport, which is already being affected by the contamination of THMs. Rhode Island as a whole is vulnerable to short term or long term droughts. Draft Existing Conditions (March 2016) Page 14-11