DEWARN

By-Laws Agreement Members List Operational Plan

For more information contact:
Rob Penman III- DEWARN Chairman… 302-252-3101

WHAT IS DEWARN

DEWARN is a Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN) of “utilities helping utilities” to:

Prepare for the next natural or human caused emergency.
Organize response according to established requirements.
Share personnel and other resources statewide by agreement
Past disaster response and lessons learned tell us that:
- Utility operations are specialized.
- Utilities must be self-sufficient and fill the gap between disaster onset and arrival of other governmental aid.
- Communities cannot function without water.oWater/Wastewater restoration provides hope.

WHAT DEWARN CAN DO FOR YOU

In order to be eligible for federal grants and reimbursements before, during and after an emergency, all community water/wastewater systems are to:

Adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Support the development of interstate mutual aid programs.
Integrate response at the field, local and state levels of government.
The DEWARN program will help facilitate meeting these requirements.

MISSION

The mission of the DEWARN network is to support and promote statewide emergency preparedness, disaster response, and mutual aid assistance for public and private water and wastewater utilities for natural and human caused events in the state.

PURPOSE

The DEWARN network will provide water and wastewater utilities with:

A mutual assistance agreement and process for sharing emergency resources among water and wastewater agencies statewide.
A mutual assistance program consistent with other statewide mutual aid and assistance programs and the National Incident Management System.
The resources to respond and recover more quickly from a natural or human caused disaster.
A forum for developing and maintaining emergency contacts and relationships.

PARTICIPATION

The DEWARN Mutual Assistance Agreement is available to all public and private water and wastewater utilities in Delaware.

A single agreement provides access to all member utilities statewide.
Provides insurance for access to resources during an emergency without pre-contractual limitations Consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Provides a list of emergency contacts and phone numbers.
Reduces administrative conflict.
Agreement contains indemnification and workers’ compensation provisions to protect participating utilities, and provides for reimbursement of costs, as needed.
Avoids federal bureaucracy.
Increases hope that recovery comes quickly.

NATIONAL SUPPORT

American Water Works Association

Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies

Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators

Association of State Drinking Water Administrators

National Association of Clean Water Agencies

National Association of Water Companies

National Rural Water Association

Water Environmental Federation

SUPPORT IN DELAWARE

Support in the development of intrastate mutual aid programs and an integrated response at the local, county and state levels of government is provided by the following regulatory agencies:

Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Drinking Water
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Delaware Emergency Management Agency
Delaware Public Services Commission
US Environmental Protection Agency

DEWARN MEMBERS

City of Milford
Artesian Water Company
SUEZ
City of New Castle
Camden Wyoming Sewer & Water Authority
City of Wilmington
City of Newark
Town of Blades
Town of Selbyville
Tidewater Utilities
Town of Milton
Governor Bacon Health Center
Sussex County
Cantwell Water Company of Odessa Inc.
Town of Middletown
City of Dover
Sussex Shores Water Company
Town of Lewes
Town of Henlopen Acres

Associate Members List

Delaware Department of Public Health
DNREC
Delaware Rural Water Association
DEMA
US EPA Region 3

(Members List Revised January, 2017)

For more information contact:

Rob Penman III – DEWARN Chairman… 302-252-3101