RCAP Webinar | Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts for Water Sector Utilities

Please join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a webinar on Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts for Water Sector Utilities. First, EPA will introduce a new initiative called the Very Small Drinking Water and Wastewater System Resilience Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Program, which will provide an incentive for water and wastewater systems who do not have to comply with America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Section 2013 to prepare risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs). Next, attendees will hear from EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, which provides drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater (water sector) utilities, as well as their technical assistance providers, with the practical tools, training, and technical assistance needed to build resilience to climate change impacts. Through a comprehensive planning process, CRWU promotes a clear understanding of climate change projection data and long-term adaptation options to assist in decision-making related to water sector utility infrastructure financing. CRWU tools and training help water sector utilities to continue the provision of uninterrupted, clean, and safe water to their customers, in turn advancing EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. In this webinar, CRWU will provide an overview of their climate data maps and two climate risk assessment tools: their Resilient Strategies Guide, and their Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool which they call CREAT.

Panelists included:

Audrey Ramming, EPA
Curt Baranowski, EPA
Charlene Kormondy, EPA
Jeff Oxenford, RCAP