UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

Section 5
Water Supplies Contingency Plan
mutual-aid within Metropolitan’s 5,100 square mile service area. WEROC also provides
updated information to Metropolitan’s EOC at Eagle Rock.
Day-to-day management of WEROC is provided by MWDOC. Although MWDOC is a
majority contributor to the WEROC budget, the program is also supported by the Orange
County Water District, Orange County Sanitation District, South Orange County
Wastewater Authority and the three Cities of Anaheim, Fullerton and Santa Ana.
Additionally, El Toro Water District and Metropolitan provide facility and maintenance
support to the WEROC EOCs on a regular basis. Program oversight is conducted by the
WEROC Executive Committee. The Executive Committee includes representatives from
MWDOC and OCWD. A WEROC Steering Committee serves as an advisory group
providing general guidance to the program, and includes representatives from member
agencies, Metropolitan, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and the
County Operational Area.
Additional emergency services mutual aid plans in the State of California include the
Master Mutual Aid Agreement, and the California Water and Wastewater Agencies
Agency Response Network (WARN), and Plan Bulldozer. The Master Mutual Aid
Agreement includes all public agencies that have signed the agreement incorporated the
Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and is coordinated out by the
California Office of Emergency Services Management Agency. WARN includes all
public and private water and wastewater utilities that have signed the WARN agreement,
and provides the opportunity for mutual aid assistance. WARN is managed coordinated
by a State Steering Committee and can be activated by any signatory to the agreement. .
Plan Bulldozer provides mutual aid for construction equipment to any public agency for
the initial time of disaster when danger to life and property exists.
Table 5-3 summarizes possible catastrophe scenarios and actions that may be taken in
response to a catastrophe. It should be noted that the summary of actions does not include
actions that would be standard procedures that would normally occur to any catastrophe
event, such as: information gathering and analysis; prioritizing damages and resource
needs; coordinating water quality notices and public information; and determining if
there is a need to reallocate water supply or to set up Point of Distribution sites for the
public to receive drinking water.
Municipal Water District of Orange County
2010 Regional Urban Water Management Plan
Final
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