Water Online the Magazine gives Water & Wastewater Engineers and end-users a venue to find project solutions and source valuable product information. We aim to educate the engineering and operations community on important issues and trends.
Issue link: http://wateronline.epubxp.com/i/129556
(I¿FLHQW7UHDWPHQW6ROXWLRQV Research Study MUNICIPAL $UVHQLF,URQ0DQJDQHVH5DGLXP)OXRULGH 6XO¿GH7XUELGLW\'HVDOLQDWLRQ "Extreme events have added unpredictability to an already challenging job facing water, wastewater, and stormwater service providers." INDUSTRIAL +HDY\0HWDO:DVWH6LGH6WUHDP6XVSHQGHG6ROLGV 6HFRQGDU\6HZDJH,QGXVWULDO3URFHVV:DWHU 8OWUD(I¿FLHQW Electromedia® CF Systems the roles that decision-makers, information providers, and other relevant officials played in the response to the events and in planning for future extreme events. These meetings have allowed extensive discussions of local planning and water resource issues, collaboration among a broad group of stakeholders, and the identification of possible new partners. The research team and collaborating organizations will extract both the lessons learned and the information needed by the communities and water service providers to make better decisions to prepare for and respond to extreme events in the future. Case studies documenting the events, the experiences, and the workshop objectives, outcomes, and findings will be published. Specific outcomes will address: • The key challenges experienced in responding to these conditions; • Partnerships, technologies, tools, information, services, and/or other approaches that were most helpful; • Communications conducted before and during these conditions; • Procedures that were in place and invoked during the response to the event; • The decisions made during these conditions and who made them; • The key impacts to water resources, as well as social, economic, and ecological impacts; and • Changes as a result of these events — in planning, implementation, approaches, capital improvements, collaboration, communication, and decision-making. Low Flow 3UH(QJLQHHUHG Packaged Systems GE 0HPEUDQH6\VWHPV 0 Parts & Service High Yield Filter Presses Belt Presses Parts & Service The regions and water basins documented in these case studies include the Russian River watershed California; Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint River Basin, Georgia; the Tidewater area, Virginia; the National Capital area, Washington, D.C.; the Lower Missouri River Basin, Kansas and Missouri; and the Lower Colorado River Basin, Austin, Texas. The issues, impacts, approaches, information gaps, needs, and local resilience are unique to each region. However, some preliminary observations have emerged that allow us to think about adaptation to extreme events with a focus on local needs. For example, the Russian River watershed has a history of variable weather and now it faces an emerging pattern that is more erratic and unpredictable — the 2006 New Year's Day flood, the 2007-2009 droughts, wateronline.com VISIT US AT BOOTH #16079 0DGHLQWKH86$ 714 6 3 0 5 040 714-630-5040 www.filtronics.com ■ Water Online The Magazine 27