MnWARN—Utilities Helping Utilities

 Our Mission: To promote and support a statewide
 response to utility emergencies and disasters through
 mutual assistance for water, wastewater, and
 stormwater utilities in Minnesota. 

 Leaders in the water/wastewater community and state
 agencies have joined together to create the
 Minnesota Water/Wastewater Utilities Agency
 Response Network. 

 MnWARN is a formal emergency response program in Minnesota. MnWARN is
 a mutual aid agreement to provide a program whereby water, wastewater, and storm
 water utilities sustaining physical damage from natural or man-made disasters in the
 state of Minnesota can obtain emergency assistance, in the form of personnel,
 equipment, and materials and other associated services necessary to protect the
 health and welfare of the utilities' customers.

 Law enforcement and fire departments have been organized for many years. MnWARN
 is an initiative to organize the water and wastewater professionals to be prepared to
 respond to water, wastewater, and storm water entities in a professional and timely
 manner.

 A pre-established agreement among a network of utilities can complement and
 enhance local capabilities to prepare to respond to a broad range of threats, both
 natural and man-made.

 This initiative is not meant to compete with any existing mutual agreements that your
 utility may already have in place with neighboring communities or counties. This
 initiative is meant to enhance the abilities of utilities to help utilities.

 It is essential that all partners in the water,
 wastewater, and storm water community work
 together to support this concept.

 MnWARN assists members utilities with:

• Emergency assessment, emergency response, and recovery.

• Mutual Aid Agreement for sharing emergency resources with members.

• Resources to help recover from a disaster.

• Emergency contact network.

• Voluntary participation.

MnWARN Brochure - Pdf format

MnWARN Presentation - PowerPoint Presentation

 MnWARN consists of 9 voting members

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