Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utlities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781547150632)

Climate change presents several challenges to drinking water and wastewater utilities, including increased frequency and duration of droughts, floods associated with intense precipitation events and coastal storms, degraded water quality, wildfires and coastal erosion and subsequent changes in demand for services. While these impacts have been documented in numerous publications, finding the right information for your type of utility or geographic region can be difficult and sometimes overwhelming. Therefore, the goals of the Adaptation Strategies Guide are (1) to provide drinking water and wastewater utilities with a basic understanding of how climate change can impact utility operations and missions, and (2) to provide examples of different actions utilities can take (i.e., adaptation options) to prepare for these impacts.

Author: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
ISBN-10: 1547150637
ISBN-13: 9781547150632
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2017
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.30d