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Climate Ready Water Utilities

In January 2011, the National Drinking Water Advisory Council released its final version of its Climate Ready Water Utilities report, which contains 11 recommendations that will assist drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems across the nation to increase their resilience to climate change impacts. The report's findings and recommendations cover three topics: identify the behaviors that will characterize a climate ready utility; identify climate change-related tools, training, and products needed to enable climate ready utility behaviors; and explore ways to encourage

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Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers

The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management released Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers, which offers a framework for state coastal managers to follow as they develop and implement climate change adaptation plans in their own states. State coastal managers, and their counterparts in local governments, are at the forefront of adapting to climate change. This document is structured to help guide managers through the planning process from establishing the planning team to implementing the plan.

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Business Continuity Plans for Water Utilities

The Water Research Foundation, in conjuction with AWWA and U.S. EPA, developed a business continuity planning guidance document, template, and online training video for water utilities. The goal of a business continuity plan is to maintain solid operations across all functions of an organization following an incident.

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US EPA - How to Develop a Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan

This document is designed to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in creating multi-year training and exercise (T&E) plans that can lead to increased emergency preparedness. The material in the document is based on the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidance found at https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/1001_HSEEP7.aspx.

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