About Us

Pennsylvania’s Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network 

PaWARN is a statewide 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.
  
  

The Mission of PaWARN

The mission of the PaWARN 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 Commonwealth.

Purpose

PaWARN provides water and wastewater utilities with:   

• A Mutual Aid 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.

Annual Dues

PaWARN has a modest dues structure: 1/2 cent (.005) x population served = annual dues amount. Example: 10,000 (population served) x .005 = $50.00. The minimum annual dues is $35.00.

Agreement

All actions, recommendations, etc. are made in accordance with the articles of the PaWARN Mutual Aid Agreement.