Minutes

November, 2018 (PDF 83 KB)

• Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: An ASCE Manual of Practice, Bilal M. Ayyub, University of Maryland, College Park (PDF 6.13 MB)

September 25, 2018 (PDF 149 KB)

• Flood Frequency and Mixed Populations in the Western United States, Nancy Barth, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, the University of Iowa (PDF 8.10 MB)
• Bio, Nancy Barth (PDF 9 KB)

July 24, 2018 (PDF 53 KB)

• Compound and Concurrent Climate Extremes: Detection, Modeling and Risk Analysis, by Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine (PDF 41.93 MB)

June 26, 2018 (PDF 143 KB)

• The Interagency Integrated Water Cycle Group under the US Global Change Research Program, by Mike Kuperberg, Executive Director, US Global Change Research Program (PDF 1.61MB)

May 22, 2018 (PDF 40 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 67 KB)
• Development of an Extreme Precipitation Dashboard for Water Resource Managers and City Planners, by Nancy Beller-Simms, PhD, Program Manager, Sectoral Applications Research Program NOAA’s Climate Program Office, and Tamara Houston, National Partnership Liaison NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (PDF 3.44 MB)

March 29, 2018 (PDF 276 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 84 KB)
• Development of a Climate Resilience Screening Index (CRSI) - An Assessment of Resilience to Acute Meteorological Events and Selected Natural Hazards, by J. Kevin Summers, Linda C. Harwell, Kyle D. Buck, Lisa M. Smith
  Deborah N. Vivian, Justin J.Bousquin, James E. Harvey, Stephen F. Hafner, and Michelle D. McLaughlin (PDF 12.99 MB)
• AB 2800 and California’s Climate Safe Infrastructure Working Group, by Dr. Susi Moser and Dr. Juliette Finzi Hart (PDF 772 KB)

 February 15, 2018 (PDF 232 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 212 KB)
• Final AGU Consensus Statement-  Probabilistic Projections (PDF 130 KB)
• Regional Patterns and Spatial Clusters of Nonstationarities in Annual Peak Instantaneous Streamflow (PDF 1.02 MB)

November 30, 2017 (PDF 276 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 98 KB)
• Presentation: "Voluntary Incentive Program for Water Conservation in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a Pilot Program" by Brian Hart of the Upper Colorado River Basin Commission (PDF 5.23 MB)
• Presentation: "Recent Trends in Flood Data" by Stacey Archfield, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (PDF 4.54 MB)
• Water Challenges and USGS Research (PDF 1.27 MB)

   

October 19, 2017 (PDF 157 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 130 KB)
• Presentation: Journal Article, “Climate Change Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Freshwater: A Screening-Level Assessment,” June 2017 ES&T,Professor Steven Chapra, Tufts University (PDF 5.53 MB)
• Presentation: Brief Overview of Hurricane Harvey Response and the Emerging Texas Flood Response System, by David Actur, University of Texas (PDF 28.47 MB)

April 13, 2017 (PDF 105 KB)

March 9, 2017 (PDF 87 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 76 KB)
• Corporate Water Stewardship in Support of Building Resilience & Long-Term Water Security, by Jason Morrison, Pacific Institute Head, The CEO Water Mandate (PDF 2.05 MB)
• Corporate Water Stewardship: Quantified, by Laura Weintraub and Wendy Larson (PDF 3.20 MB)

February 9, 2017 (PDF 143 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 109 KB)
• New Report “Smart Growth Fixes for Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Changing Land Use and Building Codes and Policies to Prepare for Climate Change” by Megan Susman, EPA Office of Sustainable Communities (PDF 1.05 MB)
• New Report from Global Change Research Program: “Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States” by Chris Weaver, EPA Office of Research and Development (PDF 686 KB)

January 10-11, 2017 (PDF 271 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 162 KB)
• Presentations:
• ASDWA and State Drinking Water Program Roles and Recommendations - Brandon Kernen, New Hampshire DES (PDF 1.68 MB)
• Climate Change & Water Resources Workgroup - Marty Link, President, Groundwater Protection Council (PDF 3.53 MB)
• State Water Resource Planning for Climate Change Resilience - Jeanine Jones, Western States Water Council (PDF 4.35 MB)
• Water Resources Adaptation to Climate Change Workgroup - John McShane, CFM (PDF 2.39 MB)
• All Land Use Decisions Are Local - Carol R Collier, FAICP, FAWRA (PDF 782 KB)
• Promoting a Resilient Water Utility - Alan Cohn, NYC Environmental Protection (PDF 836 KB)
• National Association of Clean Water Agencies - Kristina Surfus, NACWA (PDF 209 KB)
• Priorities and criteria for climate resilient federal water infrastructure investment - Erica Brown, AMWA (PDF 49 KB)
• Final Report: Meeting Report and Discussion of Outstanding Needs for Supporting Water Resource Adaptation Efforts (PDF 423 KB)

December 8, 2016 (PDF 226 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 391 KB)
• Evaluation of the Third National Climate Assessment Production and Dissemination Processes and Products: Final Evaluation Report (PDF 843 KB)
• Future of the Nation's Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PDF 8.29 MB)

November 17, 2016 (PDF 126 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 107 KB)
• Resilience Dialogues Presentation (PDF 252 KB)

October 13, 2016 (PDF 154 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 136 KB)
• National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Water Sector Resilience: Final Report and Recommendations: by Jack Baylis and Ginger Norris, Department of Homeland Security (PDF 683 KB)

July 14, 2016 (PDF 148 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 137 KB)
• Presentation: U.S. Army Net Zero Initiative and Water Resources; Marc Kodack, PhD; Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (PDF 294 KB)
• Presentation: Montana Drought Demonstration Project; Tina Laidlaw; U.S.EPA, Montana Office (PDF 1.51 MB)
• Draft Workgroup Comment Letter: Draft Looking Forward: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate (clean version) (PDF 142 KB)
• Draft Workgroup Comment Letter; Draft Looking Forward: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate (redline version) (PDF 140 KB)
• Association of State Wetland Managers Concept Paper; Transferring knowledge about beaver as a restoration partner to address drought conditions in the Montane Western United States (PDF 68 KB)

June 16, 2016 (PDF 156 KB)

Agenda (PDF 133 KB)

Presentation: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate (PDF 460 KB)

April 21, 2016 (PDF 125 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 111 KB)
• Presentation: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Response to Hurricane Sandy and Climate Resilience HUB, by Candace Leong, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (PDF 5.39 MB)
• Presentation: Copenhagen Cloudburst Plans, by Henrik Sonderup, Ramboll Environ (PDF 11.11 MB)
  • Summary of the city of Copenhagen’s Climate Adaptation Plan
  • Summary of Cloud Burst Management Plan

March 3, 2016 (PDF 154 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 135 KB)
• Presentation: Information and Outcomes from the 2015 International and Climate Forum, Erica Brown, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (PDF 10,380 KB)
• Presentation: NAS National Water Model, Edward Clark (PDF 1.91 MB)
• Presentation: The National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, Davia Palmeri (PDF 1.14 MB)

January 14, 2016 (PDF 125 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 106 KB)
• Presentation: Climate Change, Lake Temperature, and Reservoir Evaporation, John D. Lenters, Ph.D. (PDF 26,203 KB)
• Presentation: Climate Change and Stream Temperature, Dan Isaak, U.S. Forest Service (PDF 9,579 KB)
• Draft Workgroup 2015 Annual Report (PDF 140 KB)
• Draft Workgroup Workplan for 2016 PDF 158 KB)
• Final ACWI Climate Workgroup Memo Providing Input for Refresh of National Action Plan (PDF 207 KB)

October 8, 2015 (PDF 139 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 108 KB)
• Presentation: Maine Tabletop Exercise; Climate Resilience Planning, by Rachel Liang and Donald Erskine, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Infrastructure Protection:
  • Maine Climate Adaptation Tabletop Exercise (PDF 452 KB)
  • FEMA Resilience Assessment Interim Briefing, Casco Bay Region Climate Change Adaptation Planning (PDF 5.26 MB)
  • Fact Sheet:  FEMA Regional Resilience Assessment Program (PDF 302 KB)
• Presentation: Conservation Organization Recommendations on Drought Resilience, by Patrick McCarthy, The Nature Conservancy (PDF 238 KB)
• Draft ACWI Climate Workgroup Memo Providing Input for Refresh ofNational Action Plan (PDF 254 KB)
• NRCS Grants Related to Climate Change (PDF 61 KB)
• CH2M presentation on D.C. Storm Surge Barrier Options (PDF 1,074 KB)

August 6, 2015 (PDF 144KB)

• Presentation: Climate Change Certification and Training, by Dan Kreeger, Association of Climate Change Officers (PDF 2.35 MB)
• Presentation: Water Utility Climate Alliance Reports on Climate Resilience, by Keely Brooks, Staff Vice Chair, Water Utility Climate Alliance (PDF 967 KB)
• White Paper provided by Association of State Wetlands Managers: Wetlands and Climate Change: Considerations for Wetland Progam Managers (PDF 182 KB)

June 25, 2015 (PDF 126KB)

• Agenda (PDF 109 KB)
• Presentation: Corporate Response to Water Risks in a Changing Climate (PDF 3.31MB)
• Climate Registry for the Assessment of Vulnerability - CRAVe (PDF 182 KB)

May 7, 2015 (PDF 459 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 128 KB)
• Presentation: The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment (PDF 764 KB)
• Presentation: USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry (PDF 476 KB)

March 26, 2015 (PDF 397 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 376 KB)
• Presentation: New Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (PDF 776 KB)
  
• Comments on Draft Interagency Workgroup 2014 Highlights and 2015 Workplan for the National Action Plan (PDF 1.12 MB)
  
• Draft transmittal letter for Workgroup comments on Interagency Workplan (PDF 304 KB)
• Comments on draft NEPA GHG and Climate Change Guidance (PDF 298 KB)

February 26, 2015 (PDF 444 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 137 KB)
• Revised Draft NEPA GHG Climate Guidance Dec 2014 (PDF 166 KB)
  
• Draft WRACCW comments on NEPA Guidance (PDF 96 KB)
  
• Draft 2015 WRACCW Workplan (Redline version) (PDF 168 KB)
• DRAFT - 2014 Highlights of Progress and 2015 Implementation Plan – DRAFT for the National Action Plan: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate (PDF 1.05 MB)
• Presentation: Climate Change Impacts on Irrigation Demand and Reservoir Evaporation in the West -- Subhrendu Gangopadhyay and Mark Spears, Bureau of Reclamation (PDF 1.54 MB)
• Presentation: Drought Risk in Southwest -- Dr. Benjamin Cook, NASA (PDF 22.33 MB)

January 22, 2015 (PDF 120 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 302 KB)
• 2014 Draft Annual Report (PDF 401 KB)
• 2015 Draft Workplan (PDF 415 KB)
• Draft 2014 Highlights of Progress and 2015 Implementation Plan for the National Action Plan: Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate (PDF 907 KB)
  

November 20, 2014 (PDF 147 KB)

• Presentation: Climate Elements of New Report: Navigating to New Shores: Seizing the Future for Sustainable and Resilient U.S. Freshwater Resources -- Brad Spangler, Meridian Institute (PDF 827 KB)
• Report from the Meridian Institute: Navigating to New Shores (PDF 4,156 KB)
  
• Presentation on the Fact Sheet: Recommendations of the President's State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience and New Executive Actions -- Shira Miller, CEQ (PDF 276 KB)
• Presentation: Climate Change and Beaver Management Report to the Joint  Implementation Working Group for the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate   Change Adaptation Strategy -- Jeff Peterson, U.S. EPA, Office of Water (PDF 1,956 KB)

October 9, 2014 (PDF 147 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 131 KB)
• Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies' recommendations to State Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Change (PDF 203 KB)
• Presentation: Release of Priority Agenda for Enhancing Climate Resilience of America's Natural Resources -- Alice Ewen, Deputy Associate Director for Lands, Council on Environmental Quality (PDF 8,668 KB)
• Presentaton: Water Theme of the Interagency Climate Data and Tools Initiative -- Emily Read, USGS,Water Theme Chair (PDF 3,904 KB)
• Presentation: Flood Resilience  A Basic Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities -- Brian Pickard, EPA, Water Security Division
• 2014 Climate Natural Resources Priority Agenda Fact Sheet (PDF 265 KB)

September 11, 2014 (PDF 142 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 131 KB)
• Presentation by Davia Palmeri, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies -- Release of "Taking Action 2014:Progress Report on Implementation of the Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Change Adaptation Strategy" (PDF 1,621 KB)
• Overview of report, "Taking Action 2014" (PDF 2,495 KB)
• Presentation: USGS National Climate Change Viewer -- Steve Hosteler, U.S. Geological Survey (PDF 2,402 KB)

July 10, 2014 (PDF 161 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 127 KB)
• Natural Resources Defense Council Report: Using the State Revolving Funds to Build Climate-Resilient Communities (PDF 877 KB)
• Recommendations to the State and Local Leaders Task Force by Resilient Communities for America -- Melissa Higbee, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (PDF 552 KB)

June 12, 2014

• Agenda (PDF 100 KB)
• Third National Climate Assessment: Overview of the Process and Findings of the Water Resources Chapter presented by Convening Lead Authors of the Water Resources Chapter: Aris Georgakakos, Georgia Institute of Technology and Paul Fleming, Seattle Public Utilities (PDF 5,442 KB)

April 10, 2014 (PDF 134 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 104 KB)

March 20, 2014 (PDF 103 KB)

February 19-20, 2014 (PDF 287 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 130 KB)
• Presentations (PDF 88 KB)

February 6, 2014

• Agenda (PDF 362 KB)
• National Stormwater Calculator -- Rachael Novak and Lew Rossman, EPA (PDF 1,065 KB)

January 9, 2014

• Agenda (PDF 325 KB)
• A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Climate Change Adaptation Plans -- Michael Crahan (PDF 284 KB)

December 5, 2013 (PDF 26 KB)

October 25, 2013 (PDF 90 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 192 KB)
• Integrated Sea Level Rise Tool for Post-Sandy Recovery Support -- Chris Weaver, U.S. Global Change Research Program (PDF 1,350 KB)

September 12, 2013 (PDF 110 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 292 KB)
• NWS Precipitation Frequency Estimates and Whaddya Mean by Extreme Precip: presented by Geoff Bonnin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admininistration, National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development (PDF 6,007 KB)
• Flood Frequency Analysis in a Changing Climate: Living with Uncertainty: presented by Tim Cohn, USGS Office of Surface Water (PDF 921 KB)
• Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth on the National Flood Insurance Program: presented by Mark Crowell, (PDF 2,661 KB)

August 8, 2013 (PDF 147 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 374 KB)
• Improving Muncipal Water Demand Forecasting: presented by J. Alan Roberson, P.E. Director of Federal Relations, American Water Works Association (PDF 400 KB)

June 27, 2013 Webinar

• Climate Change, Extremes and Issues for Adaptation - Part II: Drought and Adapting to Multiple Types of Extremes
  
  
  • Ken Kunkel, NOAA NCDC: Observed Trends and Future Projections of Drought (PDF 4,756 KB)
  • Carly Jerla, Bureau of Reclamation: Colorado Basin Water Supply and Demand Study (PDF 3129 KB)
  • Grant Davis & Jay Jasperse, Sonoma County: Developing Adaptation Strategies that Address the Spectrum of Extremes from Floods to Droughts (PDF 4,835 KB)

June 20, 2013 (PDF 120 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 81 KB)
• NASA Science Mission Directorate: A.47 Development and Testing of Potential Indicators for the National Climate Assessment (PDF 87 KB)
• National Ocean Policy: Resiliency to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (Laura Petes, NOAA) (PDF 2,105 KB)
• Getting Climate Smart: A Water Preparedness Guide for State Action (Fay Augustyn, American Rivers; and Ben Chou, National Resources Defense Council) (PDF 2,508 KB)

May 30, 2013 Webinar

• Flood frequency estimation in a changing climate, exploring how to address non-stationarity in contemporary water management activities (David Raff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (PDF 1,076 KB)

• Water Resource Strategies and Information Needs in Response to Extreme Weather/Climate Events (Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA, and Karen Metchis, U.S. EPA) (PDF 3,293 KB)

April 17, 2013 (PDF 154 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 396 KB)
• Final Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Change Adaption Strategy (Roger Griffis, NOAA; and Mark Schaffer, FWS) (PDF 377 KB)
• Overview of Army Corps of Engineers Change and Water Activities (Rolf Olsen, Army Corps of Engineers) (PDF 799 KB)

March 25, 2013 Webinar

• Adapting Water Resources to a Changing Climate: Fitting the Pieces Together (PDF 1,306 KB)
• Water and Climate Organization Graphics (MSWord 2,536 KB)

March 7, 2013 (PDF 142 KB)

• Agenda (PDF 299 KB)
• Presentation by Levi Brekke (PDF 1,649 KB)

January 17, 2013 (PDF 327 KB)

December 6, 2012 (PDF 394 KB)

October 12, 2012 (PDF 155 KB)

September 4, 2012 (PDF 103 KB)

June 22, 2012 (PDF 81 KB)

May 23, 2012 (PDF 20 KB)

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