Climate change is a pressing issue for local governments. Sea level rise and the unpredictable nature of storm events have put a...
Entries Tagged Climate Change
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Fighting for Water
A few weeks ago, one of my friends referenced a podcast or article he’d read about how the next great catastrophe will revolve...
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Climate Change Is Widespread and Intensifying, Says New IPCC Report
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental...
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Water Utility Leaders Emphasize Immediate Concerns to EPA Administrator
The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, an organization of the largest publicly owned drinking water utilities in the United States and their...
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Climate Change Means Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ Drought Won’t Be an Anomaly, Stanford Researcher Says
Today, the lakes around Cape Town are brimming with water, but it was only a few years ago that South Africa’s second-most...
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Cal Water Completes Largest Water Infrastructure Improvement Project to Date
After more than 15 years of planning, two years of construction and months of testing, California Water Service (Cal Water) has completed...
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Building Water Supply Resilience
As with the stock market, climate change requires a diversified portfolio of solutions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order...
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Making California’s Water Supply Resilient
As with the stock market, climate change requires a diversified portfolio of solutions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order to develop a...
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Western States Buy Time With a 7-Year Colorado River Drought Plan
As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem — not enough water....
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Coastal Communities Facing Over $400 Billion in Seawall Costs by 2040
Coastal communities in the contiguous United States face more than $400 billion in costs over the next 20 years to defend coastal...
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News Briefs: Jersey Couple, Utility Stumped Over Mysterious Water Leak
Entry 339354A couple in New Jersey is asking its water utility to help figure out why their basement has been flooding with...
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Utilities Take On Climate Change Challenges Together
The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department always has its eyes on the future and what it has to do in the present...
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News Briefs: Officials Want State Oversight for Pittsburgh Water Utility
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority could be on its way to being under state oversight.Last week, members of the Pennsylvania House...
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Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Utilities
Climate change has created new challenges for utilities, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research, Rhode Island...

















