MIWARN

As a permanent committee of the Michigan Section of the American Water Works Association, committee members organize water/wastewater agencies to support and promote the Michigan Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network, (MIWARN). The Water/Wastewater Mutual Aid Program was established to provide a method whereby water/wastewater utilities sustaining physical damage from natural or man made disasters could obtain emergency assistance, in the form of personnel, equipment, and materials and other associated services necessary, from other water/wastewater utilities. The objective is to provide rapid, short-term deployment of emergency services to restore the critical operations of the affected water/waster utility. The committee will oversee and implement the formation of a mutual aid agreement, web-site development, regional response sub-committees, training and general maintenance of the mutual aid program. Professional water and wastewater organizations partnering in this program are MIAWWA, MRWA, MWEA, APWA, MRCAP MSP and MDEQ.

Committee Membership:

Committee Chair:

 

Michael Averill

City of Wyoming

16700 New Holland Street

Holland, MI 49560

Phone: 616/ 669-5290-104

FAX: 616/ 399-2555

E-mail: mikeaverill@wyomingmi.gov

 

Committee Co-Chair:

 

Terry Biederman, P.E.

Waterford Township

5240 Civic Center Drive

Waterford, MI 48329

Phone: 248/ 618-7451

Cell: 248/ 240-1209

FAX: 248/6749-8658

E-mail: tbiederm@twp.waterford.mi.us

Committee Members:

 

Robert Babcock

Sumedh Bahl

Christie Cook

Joe Goergen

Christine Herndon

Ralph Hobrat

Mike Kenel

Chris Kenyon

Terrence King

Joe Little

Tim Lynch

Tim Neumann

Teresa Newman

Linda Richardson

Cherokee Thompson

Joellen Thompson

Tom Trice

Bob Veneklasen

 

Randy Roost, Board Liaison

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