The next two webinars in EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) series are scheduled for this month. The webinars are part of a series designed to familiarize participants with the CRWU program and “assist the water sector in developing a better understanding of climate change, managing impacts and creating adaptation strategies.”
On April 10, EPA will host a webinar on two tools, the Extreme Events Workshop Planner and the Adaptation Strategies Guide. The presentation will demonstrate how utilities can use the tools together to develop an adaptation plan. The session will also include a guest presentation on a pilot workshop in Erie, Pennsylvania with Erie Waterworks.
On April 24, EPA will host a webinar on the Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT), which allows utilities to learn about localized climate impacts and complete a comprehensive risk assessment to help prepare for and adapt to those impacts. This webinar will continue demonstrating the tool processes, with an outline of the baseline analysis, resilience analysis and adaptation planning steps. As part of this presentation, Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas, Nevada will provide a description of their experience using CREAT.
Both webinars will be held at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. The training calendar located on EPA’sCRWU webpage provides additional details on webinar content, schedule and registration.