We WARN Together: Integrating WARN in RRAs & ERPs

United States

America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) section 2013 revised Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1433 and requires community water systems (CWS) serving more than 3,300 people to prepare or revise and certify risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by specified deadlines every five years. The next five-year re-certification deadlines are quickly approaching, with deadlines beginning in 2025 for larger CWSs and ending in 2026 for smaller CWSs.

Water and Wastewater Agency Response Networks (WARN), the intrastate mutual aid and assistance network of "utilities helping utilities," is one strategy that utilities can use to build resilience. In this webinar, EPA will provide examples of how utilities can utilize WARN and add WARN to their RRA and ERP.

EPA will be applying for continuing education units (CEUs) for certified drinking water and wastewater operators and will update the registration page to indicate which state primacy agencies will provide CEUs for attending this webinar. For more information, please contact EPA at [email protected].