UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

Section 5
Water Supplies Contingency Plan
Possible Catastrophe Summary of Actions 1
Water Contamination
Hazardous Materials
Spill/Release
Pandemic
Severe Drought
[1] MWDOC has no facilities of its own.
responding agencies understand the impacts of losing
infrastructure. Refer to actions in the “Regional Power Outage”
for loss of power to pumps due to fire. Coordinate mutual aid as
needed.
Contamination can be from multiple sources: malicious, sewer
leak, underground contaminated plume, etc. WEROC would
provide information and resource coordination support to the
impacted agency if requested. The WEROC Public Information
Officer will work with the agency and the media to ensure
proper information is provided to the public for their health and
safety.
Communicate with impacted agencies to determine the impact
to water supply and quality. Provide coordination with
responding agencies if necessary. The WEROC Public
Information Officer will work with the agency and the media to
ensure proper information is provided to the public for their
health and safety. Coordinate with Environmental Health
Services for cleanup.
Communicate recommended health precautions from the
County Public Health Officer. Advocate on behalf of the utilities
for any medication that may be made available to first
responders only. Assistant agencies in identifying critical
functions, mandatory staffing and reduced staffing operations.
Coordinate resource allocations if resources become sparse.
Facilitate a coordinated public information campaign.
Coordinate with other government agencies on severe
conservation measures and ensure understanding of the
impacts.
5.5. Prohibitions, Penalties and Consumption Reduction
Methods
Working with its member agencies, MWDOC is able to reduce demands during water
shortages. Although MWDOC may actually require more imported water during water
shortages to offset losses of local supplies, MWDOC is able to maintain this demand at a
lower level than would be possible if water reduction mechanisms were not implemented.
A variety of mechanisms, such as mandatory prohibitions, consumption reductions, and
penalties and charges has been and can be implemented during water shortages.
Municipal Water District of Orange County
2010 Regional Urban Water Management Plan
Final
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