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Innovative Approaches to Adapting to Water Variability in the West

Submitted by Chris Coil on Fri, 2012-05-04 10:37
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May 1, 2012

This brief reviews three approaches that communities are pursuing to adapt to climate change:

  • New Mexico's Active Water Resource Management program, which put rules into place that allow for temporary water use changes in real time in case of drought.
  • The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA), which was founded by water managers concerned by a gap in climate assessment and adaptation science needed to support their decisions.
  • Colorado's Joint Front Range Climate Change Vulnerability Study, which brings together the state and water utilities to assess climate change's impact on local water availability.

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Created 2012-05-04 10:37
Source URL: http://www.georgetownclimate.org/innovative-approaches-to-adapting-to-water-variability-in-the-west