Emergency Preparedness

A Hazard Mitigation Plan is a framework that will guide Bellflower-Somerset Mutual Water Company in making decisions and developing policies to reduce or eliminate risks to life and property. The plan identifies the types of hazards that threaten the service area, evaluates our vulnerability to those threats, and outlines a strategy to reduce or eliminate the risk posed by those threats. Whether retrofitting infrastructure or adding storm drains, the Plan identifies a range of actions and projects that will help us avoid damage and recover quickly from hazard events.

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 passed by Congress requires that all forms of local government maintain an approved hazard mitigation plan to be eligible for and receive certain types of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other hazard mitigation funds. Receipt of these funds can be critical to the implementation of identified hazard mitigation programs that break the cycle of disaster, damage, restoration, and repeated damage.

Bellflower-Somerset Mutual Water Company’s Board of Directors will adopt the plan on the hazards and mitigation strategy identified in the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan in November 2025.

To view the Plan, please go to the following link to view the PWAG Base Plan and the

Annexes: https://pwagroup.org/news/