🌍 News in Building a Resilient Water Future 💧 The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) is proud to be partnering with Brown and Caldwell to lead an industry-first initiative that will provide practical, applied design guidance for building more climate-resilient water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. This groundbreaking project will support utilities in strengthening infrastructure against extreme heat, storms, floods, droughts, sea level rise, and other climate risks. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e8j7XH6S The final report is expected in early 2026, and we’re excited to use it to drive progress toward a more resilient and sustainable future. 🔗 Stay tuned for updates as we work to advance climate-resilient solutions for water utilities across North America and beyond! #WaterResilience #ClimateAdaptation #EngineeringExcellence #WUCA
Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA)
Non-profit Organizations
WUCA leverages collective utility experiences to develop leading practices in climate change adaptation.
About us
Formed in 2007, WUCA has worked for over a decade to ensure that water utilities and their communities will thrive in the face of emerging climate challenges. WUCA leverages its collective utility experiences to develop leading practices, science, planning and implementation-based resources, and trainings in climate change adaptation that are actionable, equitable, and serve as a model for others. Additionally, WUCA collaborates with Federal and other national partners to deliver trainings and resources, and provides input to Federal agencies on our needs as stakeholders for climate change services. WUCA comprises 12 of the nation's largest water providers, providing drinking water and other water services to over 50 million people across the nation. WUCA representatives include climate adaptation planners, water resource specialists, and other sustainability leaders. Executive leaders of the 12 member agencies help guide WUCA's work, which agency staff advance through our annual work plans. WUCA’s power is through partnership; the agencies pool member utility resources and collaborate with partners across the water utility, climate adaptation, academic, and public sectors to advance new and impactful work.
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External link for Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA)
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 1 employee
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- Nonprofit
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- 2007
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- Climate Change Adaptation, Water Utilities, Adaptive Planning, Climate Change Modeling, Climate Change Mitigation, and Water Demand Forecasting
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New guidance to help water managers use climate data now available! Water managers navigating the challenges of resource planning in a changing climate now have a new resource at their disposal! WUCA and Aspen Global Change Institute recently released new guidance for water managers that have little to no previous experience with climate-model datasets. Designed to bridge the gap between climate science and practical decision-making, the CMIP6 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Guide supports an improved understanding of climate model projections, uncertainties, and how CMIP6 and other datasets can help inform water planning. The FAQ presents answers to over a dozen questions that are highly relevant to water managers to aid in their use and interpretation of CMIP6 datasets, with a focus on the contiguous U.S. #WaterResilience #SustainableWater #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateScience
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WUCA members are always raising the bar in the #WaterResilience space! 🚰💧 The Portland Water Bureau's Adaptive Water Supply Planning process helps them build reliable and resilient infrastructure systems and strengthen their utility’s response to future uncertainties. This comprehensive and proactive approach is just one example of their leadership in the field!
The Portland Water Bureau implements an Adaptive Water Supply Planning process to make informed decisions about the best ways to invest in a reliable and resilient water supply system to serve our customers. Water resource, planning, operations, engineering and financial experts from across our utility convene annually in an Adaptive Planning Workshop to evaluate water supply system trends and prioritize water supply projects. We just held our 4th Annual Adaptive Planning Workshop this week. Our teams worked to assess the condition of customer demand and water supply conditions so we can right size Portland’s drinking water system and infrastructure for the future. This adaptive process allows the Portland Water Bureau to be nimble, flexible and pivot to meet changing population, climate, water resource, environmental, legal, financial and economic circumstances. Super useful in a time of constant change! The Portland Water Bureau is a recognized national and international leader in the innovative field of Scenario and Adaptive Planning, and a member and former Chair of the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) which strongly advocates for this type of planning. Thanks to all my amazing colleagues who participated in this year's workshop. Good work teams! Felicia Heaton Erich J Pacheco Elise Guinee-Cooper Douglas Wise Kimberly Gupta Quisha Light Sarah Murphy Santner Ken Ackerman Mert Muftugil, PE Lyda Smayling Hakes Yone Akagi Penny M. Kristin Anderson, Water Resources Manager Kristen Pleyte Acock, Dave Evonuk, Cindi Lombard, Edward Campbell and many more!
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Water utilities are key players in their communities when it comes to #climateadaptation. WUCA spent the last year advancing leading practices in climate change adaptation and mitigation with a focus on guidance that is actionable, equitable, and transferable. Take a look at the WUCA 2024 Annual Report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eZnnbUzP to learn more about how our alliance of water utility leaders is addressing a host of various climate change-related issues. The report contains information about topics such as incorporating equity considerations into climate change adaptation, leveraging the latest global climate projections for water resource planning, and more. All WUCA publications are free and available to water utility practitioners on our website.
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🌦️ 💧 The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) is excited to join the LinkedIn community! 🚰 ⛅ We are looking forward to sharing resources and opportunities to engage with WUCA — a collaboration of 12 of the nation’s largest water providers committed to providing leadership and collaboration on #climatechange issues affecting the country’s water agencies. Our 12 member agencies leverage our collective expertise to develop leading practices in #climateadaptation and mitigation. Our focus is on creating actionable, equitable solutions that not only address today’s challenges but also create approachable case studies and lessons learned for others to reference. We aim to: ✅ Build resilience against climate impacts to #waterinfrastructure and communities. ✅ Produce actionable, equitable science and strategies for climate change adaptation. ✅ Share knowledge and insights to inspire action in the nation’s water sector and beyond. We’ll share the resources we develop in collaboration with peers across the water sector, as well as opportunities to hear from our experts and learn more about our tools and reports. Follow us as we work to safeguard water resources, empower communities, and develop practical solutions to climate change. Together, we can achieve our vision of resilient water utilities supporting thriving communities. Check out more at our website! ➡️ www.wucaonline.org #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateAction #WaterResilience #Sustainability #EquityInAction #WUCA
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