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2010-2011 Climate Change and Water Progress Report available online

Posted Wed, 2012/02/01 - 12:56pm by RCAP

EPA has released the “U.S. EPA National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change 2010 - 2011 National and Regional Highlights of Progress.”  This is the third and final progress report covering the 2008 version of EPA’s climate change strategy.  Future annual progress reports will reflect activities related to the 2012 version that is under development. 

EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Climate Ready Water Utilities Working Group meeting to be held

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 9:27am by RCAP

EPA will hold the fifth and final in-person meeting of the Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) on September 23, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT and September 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT in Alexandria, Va. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss final changes to the Working Group's report and finalize the document. The meeting is open to the public, and there will be an opportunity for public comment.

EPA releases Climate-ready Water Utilities Toolbox

Posted Thu, 2010/08/05 - 11:17am by RCAP

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released the Climate-ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Toolbox.  The Toolbox provides a searchable database for water utilities to identify relevant climate change-related impacts and target resources for responding to those challenges, including: