Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU)
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Request Climate Change Technical Assistance
Request no-cost climate change risk assessment technical assistance for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. Requesting communities will receive one-on-one no-cost climate change risk assessment support using EPA’s Resilient Strategies Guide, Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool, and Climate and Weather Data Maps. To apply, email Aliza Furneaux (Furneaux.aliza@epa.gov) by August 15th, 2024.
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Upcoming CRWU Trainings & Workshops
Check out the Water Infrastructure and Cyber Resilience Division’s events page for upcoming CRWU Climate Resilience Trainings and Workshops. Upcoming events include an in-person Training for Water Sector Utilities in Northeast Illinois & Neighboring States on August 14th and an in-person Training for Water Sector Utilities in the Four Corners Region on September 18th. Future events will be added to the page as they are scheduled, so check back for more opportunities to learn about utility climate resilience and adaptation with CRWU!
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Explore CRWU’s New Environmental Justice StoryMap
Learn how environmental justice and water equity relate to water utility climate adaptation through this NEW resource! The Environmental Justice StoryMap’s information, resources, case studies, and data dashboard can help your utility incorporate environmental justice priorities into climate adaptation planning.
(Image credit: Tanya Hollifield, 2021)
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With Spring Comes Snowmelt!
Check out CRWU’s Snowpack Map to see how the amount of snowpack and timing of snowmelt is projected to change in your watershed, and how utilities in the Western U.S. have begun planning for and adapting to changes in future snowpack conditions.
EPA’s CRWU initiative provides drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater (water sector) utilities with practical tools, training, and technical assistance to increase system resilience to climate change impacts. CRWU helps promote a clear understanding of climate data and helps water sector utilities identify potential adaptation strategies, implementation options, and infrastructure financing.
Risk Assessment Tools
- Resilient Strategies Guide: For those in the early stages of understanding potential climate change risks, typically smaller water sector utilities.
- Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool: For those that want to take a comprehensive approach to water sector utility climate change risk assessment.
Explore Maps
View Trainings
Acquire Funding for Adaptation
Connect With Us:
- Sign up: CRWU News
- Email us: crwuhelp@epa.gov
Highlights
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Videos: