Resiliency News

1. Mapping Important Infrastructure Could Aid Emergency Response After Hurricanes 7/14/2025

   In the fall of 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the southeastern U.S., later downgrading to a tropical storm causing strong winds, flooding and major destruction throughout Appalachia.

2. Disaster Relief Principles Redefine Water Management 7/14/2025

   The lines separating disaster relief and business-as-usual water utility management have blurred.

3. Assessing The Global Climate In June 2025 7/10/2025

   June 2025 had the third-warmest June global surface temperature in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a temperature 1.76°F (0.98°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

4. Rivers Choose Their Path Based On Erosion — A Discovery That Could Transform Flood Planning And Restoration 7/10/2025

   Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea.

5. SCOPE Supports Welsh Water Response To Severe Storm 7/9/2025

   Upgraded telemetry technology helped Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water manage an unprecedented volume of alarms during a major weather event, writes Julian Booth, SCADA service delivery manager, Ovarro

6. How Lakes Connect To Groundwater Critical For Resilience To Climate Change 7/9/2025

   The study drew on data from 350 lakes across 18 European countries, collected between 2022 and 2024, to provide a comprehensive picture of how the continent’s lakes are coping with climate change.

7. Stantec Selected To Support California Water Plan 7/8/2025

   Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to provide water resource planning and facilitation services to support the California Water Plan Update 2028, a document that serves as the state’s roadmap to set water management priorities in a changing climate.

8. WQA CEO To Speak At TEDxFolsom Event 7/2/2025

   Water Quality Association CEO Pauli Undesser, MWS, will be among the featured speakers at TEDxFolsom on Aug. 16 at the Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom, CA.

9. Improving Predictions Of Flood Severity, Place And Time With AI 7/2/2025

   Floods are some of the most devastating natural disasters communities in the United States face, causing billions of dollars of damage annually, according to the National Weather Service.

10. Wildfires In Residential Areas Are On The Rise; Why Hydrants And The Water System Behind Them Were Never Meant To Stop Those Fires 7/1/2025

    BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability.