US EPA Weather & Hydrologic Forecasting for Water Utility Incident Preparedness and Response (September 25, 2013)

EPA’s Weather & Hydrologic Forecasting for Water Utility Incident Preparedness and Response describes and provides links to all-hazards and event-specific resources that are instrumental for both maintaining seasonal awareness and monitoring active hazardous weather.

U.S. EPA recently released “Weather & Hydrologic Forecasting for Water Utility Incident Preparedness and Response,” created in collaboration with NOAA and water sector representatives, to describe and provide links to all-hazards and event-specific resources for maintaining seasonal awareness and monitoring active hazardous weather. Among the resources provided are river observations, forecasts and experimental long-range flood risk maps and the excessive rainfall forecasts tool. These products can provide utilities with awareness of how intense precipitation may affect their systems, thus allowing them to mitigate damage to their facility and resources. The document also discusses the value of water utilities and their response partners building a relationship with local NOAA Weather Forecasting Offices to support resilience at a local level.