Materials to Get You Started
Just getting started with your adaptation planning? Below is a helpful list of seminal resources, expert organizations, assessments and sample plans below for your use. Click the tabs below to view materials by sector.
Leading Organizations for the Water Sector
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The Environmental Protection Agency's WRAP scientists and engineers investigate the potential effects of climate change on the nation's watersheds and water infrastructure, and develop practical and effective adaptation solutions. The...
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The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) provides leadership and collaboration on climate change issues affecting the country's drinking water utilities. WUCA is developing partnerships with the climate science community, provides feedback...
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In addition to being a policy-making organization for metropolitan drinking water suppliers, AMWA tracks daily climate change related events, news, publications, and announcements at federal, regional, and state levels relevant to U.S. water...
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The mission of the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) program is to improve the region’s ability to respond sufficiently and appropriately to climatic events and climate changes. The program promotes participatory, iterative...
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Using multidisciplinary teams of experts in climate, water, law, and economics, the Western Water Assessment (WWA) provides information about regional vulnerabilities to climate variability and change, and develops information, products and...
Exemplary Water Resources
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2009
This interagency report details a methodology to improve water management in a changing climate, with applicability to federal, state and local water resource managers. Three core areas discussed include: 1) tracking climate change impacts (e.g...
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July 2007
A valuable resource for U.S. water managers, this report provides a full range of recommendations to consider when incorporating climate change into current agency planning and management activities. Strategies are organized into four...
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Created by the Water Research Foundation, the Climate Change Clearinghouse supports water supply utility managers in understanding the effects of climate change on their systems. These resources, which range from national level examinations of...
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October 31, 2011
This report contains two case studies from the Western United States that explore water shortages in the West, water rights along the Colorado River, and the protection of an endangered ground-dwelling bird: the greater sage grouse. In...
Water-Sector Assessments
National Assessments
Guidance
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Confronting Climate Change: An Early Analysis of Water and Wastewater Adaptation Costs |
Sample State and Local Assessments
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Implications of 21st Century Climate Change for the Hydrology of Washington State |
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Four Case Studies of Water Utility Practices |
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Water-Sector Adaptation Plans
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Decision Support Planning Methods: Incorporating Climate Change Uncertainties into Water Planning |
Sample State and Local Plans
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