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Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts: Introductory Session Webinar

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Drinking Water and Wastewater

US EPA - Region III, Drinking Water Branch

Patti Kay Wisniewski

wisniewski.patti-kay@epa.gov

215-814-5668 Ext.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative is providing a series of free webinars for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater (water sector) utility owners and operators, as well as other water sector stakeholders. These webinars focus on building resilience to the impacts of climate change, as well as the identification and implementation of adaptation options, and utility infrastructure financing. This introductory webinar focuses on the mid-Atlantic region of the nation and is being conducted in coordination with the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, National Association of Water Companies and National Rural Water Association.

Basic thru Advanced

• Provide information about how climate change, such as more severe flooding due to hurricanes and increased frequency of storm surge, impacts drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in the mid-Atlantic region of the nation; • Introduce CRWU tools and resources, including our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT), a utility risk assessment application for climate change; and • Present a local utility case study on resilience planning efforts and adaptation activities using CREAT.

• Drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utility staff and management involved with planning, operations, sustainability, and risk management; • Technical assistance providers and environmental consultants; • Local, state, federal, and tribal government officials; • Watershed planners; and • Other Water Sector associations and stakeholders.

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