Tools for Water Related Climate Change Adaptation
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EPA staff have developed water tools to help communities anticipate, plan for, and adapt to the changing climate.
- The most relevant tools based on your search are provided below.
- To sort tool "Names" alphabetically, click on the arrow icon next to "Name". To sort by "Keyword" click on the arrow icon next to "Area of Interest/Keyword".
- Use the Search Box to explore the Tools section more generally.
All Water
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
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| Build Wildfire Resilience at Water and Wastewater Utilities | Includes a Wildfire Incident Action Checklist, Report on Best Practices for Wildfire Risk Reduction and Mitigation, and Factsheet on Contamination of Drinking Water Distribution Systems after Wildfires. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | |
| Drought Response and Recovery Guide for Water Utilities | This interactive, user-friendly guide provides worksheets, best practices, videos and key resources for responding to drought emergencies and building long-term resilience. The guide relays lessons learned from nine small- to medium-sized utilities nationwide that have responded to extreme drought conditions. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Case Studies on Utility Drought Resilience |
| Flood Resilience: A Basic Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities | With a user-friendly layout, embedded videos, and flood maps to guide you, EPA's Flood Resilience Guide is your one-stop resource to know your flooding threat and identify practical mitigation options to protect your critical assets. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Flood Resilience – Overview Video |
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
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[email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| BASINS, Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources | BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system designed to help regional, state, and local agencies perform watershed- and water quality-based studies. | [email protected] | BASINS Case Study | |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(5 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool | Environmental Justice Screening (EJSCREEN) is a mapping tool that allows users to create maps and generate detailed reports based on the geographic areas and data sets they choose. EJSCREEN includes data from multiple factors that may affect public and environmental health within a community or region. Currently available only through EPA's Intranet site. | EJSCREEN ([email protected]) |
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| Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure Guide | The Green Infrastructure Guide helps communities plan and design green infrastructure for multiple environmental, health, social, and economic benefits. | Smart Growth Webinars, Videos and Podcasts | Smart Growth ([email protected]) |
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| Flood Resilience Checklist | The Flood Resilience Checklist is an assessment tool for communities to use to identify opportunities to improve their resilience to future floods through policy and regulatory tools. | The tool is currently available online with an expanded version of the tool in development. | Stephanie Bertaina ([email protected]) |
Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont |
| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
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| Watershed Index Online (WSIO) | The WSIO Tool is an application that enables users to compare watersheds in a user-defined geographic area, using factors of their own choosing. It calculates indices, compares watersheds, and produces results in rank-ordered tables, graphs and maps. Most national datasets require knowledge of advanced GIS skills and software. WSIO transforms these data into simple watershed indicators, and then makes them accessible in a common spreadsheet application (Excel). | Quick Start Users Guide. This file contains the basic steps to get started, and is recommended for download along with your WSIO customized tool. | Elizabeth Smith ([email protected]) |
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| Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching | The Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching provides coral reef managers with the latest scientific information on the causes of coral bleaching and new management strategies for responding to this significant threat to coral reef ecosystems. | Jordan M. West ([email protected]) |
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| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Water Utility
All Water Utility
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Wildfire Resilience at Water and Wastewater Utilities | Includes a Wildfire Incident Action Checklist, Report on Best Practices for Wildfire Risk Reduction and Mitigation, and Factsheet on Contamination of Drinking Water Distribution Systems after Wildfires. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | |
| Drought Response and Recovery Guide for Water Utilities | This interactive, user-friendly guide provides worksheets, best practices, videos and key resources for responding to drought emergencies and building long-term resilience. The guide relays lessons learned from nine small- to medium-sized utilities nationwide that have responded to extreme drought conditions. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Case Studies on Utility Drought Resilience |
| Flood Resilience: A Basic Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities | With a user-friendly layout, embedded videos, and flood maps to guide you, EPA's Flood Resilience Guide is your one-stop resource to know your flooding threat and identify practical mitigation options to protect your critical assets. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Flood Resilience – Overview Video |
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool | Environmental Justice Screening (EJSCREEN) is a mapping tool that allows users to create maps and generate detailed reports based on the geographic areas and data sets they choose. EJSCREEN includes data from multiple factors that may affect public and environmental health within a community or region. Currently available only through EPA's Intranet site. | EJSCREEN ([email protected]) |
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| Flood Resilience Checklist | The Flood Resilience Checklist is an assessment tool for communities to use to identify opportunities to improve their resilience to future floods through policy and regulatory tools. | The tool is currently available online with an expanded version of the tool in development. | Stephanie Bertaina ([email protected]) |
Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont |
| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
Drought
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought Response and Recovery Guide for Water Utilities | This interactive, user-friendly guide provides worksheets, best practices, videos and key resources for responding to drought emergencies and building long-term resilience. The guide relays lessons learned from nine small- to medium-sized utilities nationwide that have responded to extreme drought conditions. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Case Studies on Utility Drought Resilience |
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
Saltwater Intrusion
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Sea-Level Rise
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
Flooding
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood Resilience: A Basic Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities | With a user-friendly layout, embedded videos, and flood maps to guide you, EPA's Flood Resilience Guide is your one-stop resource to know your flooding threat and identify practical mitigation options to protect your critical assets. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form | Flood Resilience – Overview Video |
| CRWU Training Center | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this page includes introductory webinars on regional climate change impacts, tools and resources, and utility climate change risk assessment case studies using our Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT). | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| Resilient Strategies Guide | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this online guide assists water utilities with planning priorities, resilience building, and customized information based on the experiences of other utilities and best available climate science. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map |
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this tool assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations and considering adaptation options to build resilience. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
CRWU Case Study and Information Exchange Map | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool | Environmental Justice Screening (EJSCREEN) is a mapping tool that allows users to create maps and generate detailed reports based on the geographic areas and data sets they choose. EJSCREEN includes data from multiple factors that may affect public and environmental health within a community or region. Currently available only through EPA's Intranet site. | EJSCREEN ([email protected]) |
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| Flood Resilience Checklist | The Flood Resilience Checklist is an assessment tool for communities to use to identify opportunities to improve their resilience to future floods through policy and regulatory tools. | The tool is currently available online with an expanded version of the tool in development. | Stephanie Bertaina ([email protected]) |
Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont |
| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
Wildfire
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Wildfire Resilience at Water and Wastewater Utilities | Includes a Wildfire Incident Action Checklist, Report on Best Practices for Wildfire Risk Reduction and Mitigation, and Factsheet on Contamination of Drinking Water Distribution Systems after Wildfires. | Periodically in various parts of the country | Contact form |
Water Quality Management
All Water Quality Management
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| BASINS, Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources | BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system designed to help regional, state, and local agencies perform watershed- and water quality-based studies. | [email protected] | BASINS Case Study | |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure Guide | The Green Infrastructure Guide helps communities plan and design green infrastructure for multiple environmental, health, social, and economic benefits. | Smart Growth Webinars, Videos and Podcasts | Smart Growth ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
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| Watershed Index Online (WSIO) | The WSIO Tool is an application that enables users to compare watersheds in a user-defined geographic area, using factors of their own choosing. It calculates indices, compares watersheds, and produces results in rank-ordered tables, graphs and maps. Most national datasets require knowledge of advanced GIS skills and software. WSIO transforms these data into simple watershed indicators, and then makes them accessible in a common spreadsheet application (Excel). | Quick Start Users Guide. This file contains the basic steps to get started, and is recommended for download along with your WSIO customized tool. | Elizabeth Smith ([email protected]) |
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| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Stormwater Runoff
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
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[email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| BASINS, Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources | BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system designed to help regional, state, and local agencies perform watershed- and water quality-based studies. | [email protected] | BASINS Case Study | |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure Guide | The Green Infrastructure Guide helps communities plan and design green infrastructure for multiple environmental, health, social, and economic benefits. | Smart Growth Webinars, Videos and Podcasts | Smart Growth ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
Erosion and Sedimentation
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure Guide | The Green Infrastructure Guide helps communities plan and design green infrastructure for multiple environmental, health, social, and economic benefits. | Smart Growth Webinars, Videos and Podcasts | Smart Growth ([email protected]) |
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| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
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| Watershed Index Online (WSIO) | The WSIO Tool is an application that enables users to compare watersheds in a user-defined geographic area, using factors of their own choosing. It calculates indices, compares watersheds, and produces results in rank-ordered tables, graphs and maps. Most national datasets require knowledge of advanced GIS skills and software. WSIO transforms these data into simple watershed indicators, and then makes them accessible in a common spreadsheet application (Excel). | Quick Start Users Guide. This file contains the basic steps to get started, and is recommended for download along with your WSIO customized tool. | Elizabeth Smith ([email protected]) |
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| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Algal Blooms
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| BASINS, Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources | BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system designed to help regional, state, and local agencies perform watershed- and water quality-based studies. | [email protected] | BASINS Case Study | |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) |
Ecosystem Protection
All Ecosystem Protection
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streamflow Projections Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this story map provides easy-to-access projections of possible changes in flow conditions for U.S. streams and rivers under a range of future environmental conditions. Considering how these flows may change will help utilities maintain and deliver adequate, reliable, and sustainable water supplies and clean water services. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
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| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
|
| Watershed Index Online (WSIO) | The WSIO Tool is an application that enables users to compare watersheds in a user-defined geographic area, using factors of their own choosing. It calculates indices, compares watersheds, and produces results in rank-ordered tables, graphs and maps. Most national datasets require knowledge of advanced GIS skills and software. WSIO transforms these data into simple watershed indicators, and then makes them accessible in a common spreadsheet application (Excel). | Quick Start Users Guide. This file contains the basic steps to get started, and is recommended for download along with your WSIO customized tool. | Elizabeth Smith ([email protected]) |
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| Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching | The Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching provides coral reef managers with the latest scientific information on the causes of coral bleaching and new management strategies for responding to this significant threat to coral reef ecosystems. | Jordan M. West ([email protected]) |
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| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Wetland Protection
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Stormwater Calculator with Climate Assessment Tool | Desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States. The calculator includes future climate vulnerability scenarios. |
|
[email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Storm Water Management Model with Climate Adjustment Tool - SWMM-CAT | A comprehensive computer model for analysis of quantity and quality problems associated with urban runoff. | SWMM-CAT Users Guide (PDF)(17 pp, 807 K) | Michael Tryby ([email protected]) |
|
| Watershed Index Online (WSIO) | The WSIO Tool is an application that enables users to compare watersheds in a user-defined geographic area, using factors of their own choosing. It calculates indices, compares watersheds, and produces results in rank-ordered tables, graphs and maps. Most national datasets require knowledge of advanced GIS skills and software. WSIO transforms these data into simple watershed indicators, and then makes them accessible in a common spreadsheet application (Excel). | Quick Start Users Guide. This file contains the basic steps to get started, and is recommended for download along with your WSIO customized tool. | Elizabeth Smith ([email protected]) |
|
| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Change in Fish
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPPCAT) Model | An online tool for assessing and managing the potential impacts of climate change on sediment loading to streams using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model. | Thomas Johnson ([email protected]) |
Estuary
| Name | Brief Description | Available Training | Contact EPA | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAINE, Resilience and Adaptation In New England | RAINE is a database that catalogs activities in more than 100 New England jurisdictions addressing climate change impacts. The database provides information at the state, local, or regional level. It includes information such as web links, reports, plans, tools, specific practices, funding sources, and partnerships. | Learn about RAINE | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Scenarios Projection Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool provides easy to access scenarios of projected changes from EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool for annual total precipitation, annual average temperature, precipitation intensity for the 100-year storm, number of days per year with temperatures above 100 F, and sea-level rise for coastal locations. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map | Under EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, this mapping tool illustrates current advisories from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane strike history, and potential worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios derived from Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) models by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These maps highlight the specific flooding hazards for coastal utilities, combined with 100 and 500 year flood plains from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to support systems in their assessments of coastal flooding risk during hurricane season. | CRWU Training Center | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
|
| Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. | The workbook provides guidance for conducting risk-based climate change vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation action plans. | [email protected] ([email protected]) |
Climate Change Risk Management: The San Juan Bay Estuary | |
| ICLUS, Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios | The ICLUS project is developing scenarios broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. | About ICLUS | Britta Bierwagen ([email protected]) Phil Morefield ([email protected]) |
Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines |
| Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning | The Handbook provides a framework for considering climate change in water management planning. The handbook guides resource managers and planners with key decision considerations, resources, tools, and decision options to adapt to a changing climate. | Vulnerability Assessment Checklist (PDF)(6 pp, 424 K) | ||
| Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching | The Collaborative Guide: A Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Bleaching provides coral reef managers with the latest scientific information on the causes of coral bleaching and new management strategies for responding to this significant threat to coral reef ecosystems. | Jordan M. West ([email protected]) |