PaWARN assists West View Water Authority with Locating 42” C900 Cap

In 2 hours, the hard-to-find cap was located at a nearby PaWARN member’s storage yard, which allowed the WTP to return to service  

1/8/26 9:08 am

West View Water Authority contacts PaWARN: 

We’re dealing with a critical situation at our Baden WTP. We’ve had a 42" C900 tee break. We need the following as soon as possible: 

If the correct fittings aren’t available, we can use a 42" end cap. The end cap would at least allow us to get the plant back online while we regroup on the remaining repairs. 

The Baden Water Treatment Plant draws water from the Ohio River and supplies numerous communities in the greater Pittsburgh Area.

PaWARN immediately contacts its member utilities via its emergency email distribution list. 

1/8/26 11:06 am 

PA American Water notifies PaWARN that it has contacted West View Water Authority letting them know that PAW has a 42” end cap in its Bethel Park yard. Arrangements were quickly made to get the cap over to West View Water Authority.

Mission of PaWARN

The mission of the PaWARN network is to support and promote statewide emergency preparedness, disaster response and mutual aid assistance for public and private water and wastewater utilities for natural and human caused events in the Commonwealth.