Projects
| Title | Municipal Water and Climate Change |
| Type | Research Project |
| URL | www.isse.ucar.edu/water_conference/index.html |
| Abstract | The project seeks to increase the value of scientific information about the climate change by enhancing communication between the atmospheric science community and water resource management professionals. Recent accomplishments include production of an educational Primer for the water utility industry jointly sponsored by UCAR and the American Water Works Association Research Foundation. The document: Climate Change and Water Resources: A Primer for Municipal Water Providers, focuses on identifying the potential impacts of climate change on water resources, describing associated uncertainties, and assessing implications for water utility planning. It includes a number of case studies contributed by major urban water utilities regarding their experiences in coping with climatic trends and extreme events and with planning for adaptation to the as-yet uncertain impacts of climate change on the characteristics of water supply and demand. |
| Participants | Kathleen Miller David Yates |
| Start Date | 2003 |
| Funders | AWWA Research Foundation |
| Keywords | climate change water resources municipal water providers |
| Research Themes | Use of Scientific Information in Decision Processes Climate-Ecosystem-Human Interactions Vulnerability, Adaptation, Thresholds and Resilience Integrated Science and Regional Applications |
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| "Because the pathway to sustainability cannot be
charted in advance, it will have to be navigated through trial and error and conscious experimentation. The urgent need is to
design strategies and institutions that can better integrate incomplete knowledge with experimental action into programs of
adaptive management and social learning." |
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