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2012 Highlights of Progress: Responses to Climate Change by the National Water Program
Description: Summary of work in the past year, including tools to help water utilities.
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Mar 18, 2013
Topics: Adaptation / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea level rise / Water quality / Water utilities guidance /

Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities
Description: Helps utilities prepare for challenges such as drought, water quality degradation, floods, ecosystem changes, and changes in service demand and use. (Part of EPA's Climate Ready Water Utilities program) Updated March 2013 to include sustainability brief
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Mar 13, 2013
Topics: Adaptation / Drought / Precipitation, Extreme Weather / Sea level rise / Water quality / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack / Water utilities guidance / Flooding /

Watershed Modeling to Assess the Sensitivity of Streamflow, Nutrient, and Sediment Loads to Potential Climate Change and Urban Development in 20 U.S. Watersheds (External Review Draft)
Description: "Watershed modeling was conducted in 20 large, U.S. watersheds to assess the sensitivity of streamflow, nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus), and sediment loading to a range of plausible mid-21st Century climate change and urban development scenarios in dif
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Mar 1, 2013
Topics: Streamflow / Water quality /

Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Description: Draft for public comment, Feb. 2013.
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Feb 7, 2013
Topics: Adaptation / Water quality / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack /

Climate Change: How does weather affect surface water quality?
Description: "A better understanding of relationships among weather patterns and water quality will allow utilities to more effectively plan for the effects of climate change. Best practice requires understanding as much as possible about changes that can occur and th
Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
Topics: Water quality / Water utilities guidance /

National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change
Description: "EPA's 2012 Strategy adresses climate change impacts on water resources and EPA's water programs. Climate change alters the water cycle and could affect the implementation of EPA's programs. EPA and our state, tribal, local and federal partners must revie
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Dec 12, 2012
Topics: Federal Regulations, EPA, Clean Air Act / Research / Water quality / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack /

Groundwater Sustainability Under Climate Change: A Literature and Research Review
Description: A comprehensive review of what is known about climate change and its effects on groundwater quantity and quality and how water managers can adapt to the changes. (Note: A subscription is required to obtain the full text of the report, but an Adaptation / Groundwater / Water quality / Water supply, changes in supply, snowpack / Water utilities guidance /

Implications of Climate Change for State Bioassessment Programs and Approaches to Account for Effects (Final Report)
Description: "This report is intended for managers and scientists working on biological indicators, bioassessment, biomonitoring, and biocriteria, particularly in the EPA's Office of Water and Regions, and also at state agencies. The report uses biological data collec
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Sep 21, 2012
Topics: Ecosystems, Habitat, Threatened Species / Water quality /

Building a Climate-Ready Regulatory System
Description: "This report examines the major Federal legislation and regulation governing water utilities to identify where these laws and subsequent regulations reduce a utility's ability to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively
Source: Water Research Foundation
Publication Date: Aug 14, 2012
Topics: Energy management and conservation / Greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, mitigation / Water quality / Water utilities guidance / Adaptation /

BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (Final Report)
Description: "This final report supports application of two recently developed water modeling tools, the Better Assessment Science Integrating point & Non-point Sources (BASINS) and the Water Erosion Prediction Project Climate Assessment Tool (WEPPCAT). The report pre
Source: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: Aug 1, 2012
Topics: Models and Tools / Streamflow / Water quality /

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