Climate Change

Climate change is altering the world’s water resources, as evidenced through changing precipitation patterns, severe drought and floods, snowpack amount, elevation, streamflow, and rising sea levels. It is critical that local utilities responsibly manage water resources in all local communities in order to minimize the effects of climate change.

What's New?

• In January, the US EPA convened the First National Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change. Presentations from this workshop are now available.  Read WEF’s blog about the workshop.
  
  
• January 2009 inter-agency report on Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Federal Perspective
  
  
• October 2009 - Orlando, Florida
  WEFTEC.09 will have seven sessions related to climate change issues. Use the WEFTEC Personal Planner to search for sessions by topic. 

Opportunities for Involvement:

• WEF's Sustainability Community of Practice
  
  
• WEF staff contact for more information:
  Matt Ries
  703-684-2400 x 7255
  mries@wef.org