Resiliency Resources
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Water Utilities vs. Climate Change: A Plan For Securing Our Future
7/15/2022
The U.N.’s Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely considered to be the world’s foremost authority on what may be humankind’s most existential threat, and this year The Working Group II of the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report on the state of the crisis. It reviewed not only the impacts of climate change throughout ecosystems and communities, but also the “capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt.”
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Climate Change Is Making Flooding Worse: 3 Reasons The World Is Seeing More Record-Breaking Deluges
7/7/2022
Although floods are a natural occurrence, human-caused climate change is making severe flooding events like this more common. In mountainous regions, three effects of climate change in particular are creating higher flood risks: more intense precipitation, shifting snow and rain patterns and the effects of wildfires on the landscape.
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Holistic Planning Drives Strategic Stormwater Solutions
6/21/2022
Many look to the immediate concerns a significant weather event might bring — the potential for dangerous driving conditions with heavy sheets of rain or the threat of hail leading to a cracked windshield. Water resource specialists see the challenges posed by stormwater that can result in infrastructure damage and polluted streams. These specialists dive into the reasoning behind why this issue is occurring to identify a solution that protects communities and mitigates long-term effects from major weather events.
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Bad News For The 2022 Hurricane Season: The Loop Current, A Fueler Of Monster Storms, Is Looking A Lot Like It Did In 2005, The Year Of Katrina
5/25/2022
The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is a current of warm tropical water that is looping unusually far into the Gulf for this time of year, with the power to turn tropical storms into monster hurricanes. It’s called the Loop Current, and it’s the 800-pound gorilla of Gulf hurricane risks.
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WWEMA Window: Water Stress And Historical Funding
5/24/2022
Water stress occurs when demand for safe, affordable, usable water in a given area exceeds the available supply. We could add that water stress also occurs when there is an excessive amount of water due to rain events that exceed the local area’s ability to handle the storm or the storm flow.
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Top Cybersecurity Trends Driving Digital Transformation For Water Utilities
5/23/2022
Cybersecurity continues to grow as a critical initiative for water utilities, with certain trends helping to drive and even accelerate digital transformation.
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Understanding The Differences Between A Digital Journey And Digital Strategy
5/23/2022
Deciding on a successful digital direction for your organization involves wading through many competing factors. Given these ancillary factors, how can you create a resilient digital journey?
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Cybersecurity: A Marathon, Not A Sprint
5/5/2022
To become more resilient against increasing cyber threats, water and wastewater utilities should employ a multibarrier approach.
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Lakes Powell And Mead Don’t Have To Dry Up
3/28/2022
First, it was Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam. Now it's Lake Powell, upstream of Mead and behind Glen Canyon Dam. The water supplies supported by these feats of engineering are dwindling. There are many reasons, but it's not necessary.
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As Sea Levels Rise, Coastal Megacities Will Need More Than Flood Barriers
3/24/2022
Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. The situation is expected to worsen in the next few decades, especially for many of the world’s largest cities in lower and middle income countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These cities must instead become truly “resilient societies” — before it is too late.