Fifth U.S National Climate Assessment and What It Means for the Water and Wastewater Sector

This week the Biden Administration and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which is designed to assist and inform a broad audience of decision-makers, including water and wastewater utility operators, in understanding, assessing, predicting, and responding to climate change. The leading chapter in the Nation Topics section, which summarizes current and future risks related to climate change, focuses on water.