---
id: stories/a-flooded-substation
about:
  label: A flooded substation
  description: >-
    Water reaches one substation; water pumping and communications can go down
    with it.
story:
  order: 2
domains:
  - water
  - energy
relations:
  - predicate: tells
    target: engines/credo
provenance:
  origin: survey
  sources:
    - title: 'Connected Places Catapult: CReDO MVP showcase, 17 September 2026'
      url: 'https://cp.catapult.org.uk/event/mvp-launch-webinar/'
    - title: 'Connected Places Catapult: CReDO transport resilience, 16 December 2025'
      url: >-
        https://cp.catapult.org.uk/report/credo-for-transport-value-propositions-for-holistic-systems-resilience/
  reviewed: 2026-09
  reviewed_by: 'wording by Claude, compressed from the survey; to be rewritten'
  status: proposed
---
A flooded electricity asset can affect water pumping or communications, so the consequence extends beyond the damaged asset. CReDO examines climate hazards and dependencies between networks. Its September 2026 MVP showcase presents this approach to resilience planning; a final platform release is planned for 2028.

![How infrastructure failures propagate: a flood scenario feeding electricity, water and telecom networks, their service consequences, and the protective measures compared.](/stories/a-flooded-substation/coupling.svg)

*A conceptual example informed by CReDo's cross-network work, not a diagram of its implementation. Icons: Masha Eizner, Creative Mahira (CC BY 3.0) and OCHA Visual (public domain), via Noun Project.*