Toronto flood: Underground equipment sank Hydro One
After Monday’s freak downpour flooded the basements of two Hydro One transmission stations, leaving 16,000 households in the dark, some are asking the obvious: what was all that essential equipment doing underground in the first place?
Over 1 million litres of water filled Mansby station alone, wrecking vital control systems located below the surface — an ill-suited spot for energy sources the entire city relies on, especially during a deluge.
“Obviously you don’t want to have underground facilities in a place you know would be flooded,” said Reza Iravani, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Toronto.
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