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EPA Drought Response and Recovery Guide for Water Utilities - Updated November 1, 2017

The U.S. EPA Water Security Division has released its Drought Response and Recovery Guide to assist a large number of water utilities affected by droughts nationwide. With changing climate and shifting weather patterns, these drought impacts are likely to continue for years to come. The Drought Guide is designed to assist small to medium-sized water utilities with responding to drought. It includes best practices and customizable worksheets, focuses on short-term and emergency drought mitigation actions that also build long-term resilience to drought.

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EPA - Drought Resilience and Water Conservation

EPA has published a technical briefing and fact sheet on drought resilience and water conservation, which includes a number of resources and workshops for water utilities. These include drought risk assessments, the Climate Ready Water Utilities initiative, a drought incident action checklist, approaches for controlling waterborne contaminants, and water loss control workshops.

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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supplies and Other Infrastructure in the Platte River Basin

DHS has prepared an Infrastructure Risk Assessment that evaluates how climate impacts water supplies in the Platte River basin and other critical infrastructure sectors. The Platte is a major river in Nebraska and is fed by tributaries from Wyoming and Colorado; it is a tributary of the Missouri River, which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi River. This Assessment describes the predicted impacts on the area from such phenomena as floods and droughts, and it presents some mitigation options for such events.

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Combination of Drought and Warming Climate Placing Severe Strain on California Water Supply

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have noted that California's current drought has been exacerbated by the effects of global warming. California is accustomed to drought, but the combination of dry conditions and warm temperatures have had major ecological implications. As stores of water in the West are reduced — whether by usage in drought, evapotranspiration in heat or both — warming temperatures also see the snowpack on the wane.

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