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"National Strategy for Sustainable Water"
(Seminar/Conference)
seminar by Steve Allbee / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is committing to promote sustainable practices that will help to reduce the potential gap between funding needs and spending at the local and national level. The Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative guides our efforts in changing how the nation views, values, manages, and invests in its water infrastructure. EPA is working with the water industry to identify best practices that have helped many of the nation's utilities address a variety of management challenges and extend the use of these practices to a greater number of utilities. We believe that collaboration with a coalition of leader, with EPA playing a prominent role; can build a roadmap for the future promotion of sustainable infrastructure through a Four Pillars approach:
*Better Management of Water and Wastewater Utilities,
*Rates that Reflect the Full Cost Pricing of Services,
*Efficient Water Use, and
*Watershed Approaches to Protection.
Climate Change will have numerous and diverse impacts, including impacts on human health, natural systems, and the built environment. Many of the consequences of climate change relate to water resources, including:
*Warming air and water;
*Change in the location and amount of rain and snow;
*Increase storm intensity;
*Sea level rise; and
*Changes in ocean characteristics.
Reception immediately following 6:00-7:00pm
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