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Climate Change
The Western Urban Water Coalition (WUWC) is working with other major water associations to address the impacts of climate change on our water resources.
Water resources must be a primary element of any comprehensive federal response to climate change.
In May 2008, WUWC and seven other national water agencies sent a position statement to Congress regarding the water resource impacts of climate change in advance of consideration of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act.
Objectives
The organizations identified three broad objectives that Congress should inlude in comprehensive climate change legislation:
- Research to develop and improve climate prediction models, necessary data resources, alternative water sources, new water management techniques, and evaluations of new carbon control technologies
- Federal and other financial support for climate adaptation projects, including infrastructure enhancements that may be needed to neutralize the regional impacts of climate change
- Incentives that encourage utilities along with other small-scale emitters to voluntarily reduce their geenhouse gas emissions
The water agencies participating include:
- American Water Works Association
- Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
- National Association of Clean Water Agencies
- National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
- National Association of Water Companies
- Water Environment Federation
- Water Utility Climate Alliance
- Western Urban Water Coalition
For more information on this topic, contact Guy Martin at (202) 434-1650