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How Digital Subsurface Insight Can Reshape Water Resilience By Dr. Thomas Krom Today, we are seeing what I call a perfect storm facing water managers. A myriad of challenges are complicating the ability to supply sufficient, affordable water. Changing weather patterns – from prolonged droughtsRead More

A new strategy report published by the Aspen Institute in February provides a comprehensive roadmap for strengthening water security and resiliency across the United States. The Aspen National Water Strategy, published by the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program, aims to ensure that communities, economies andRead More

Water sector groups are reacting favorably to the reintroduction of the Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act. The bipartisan legislation would fund upgrades to drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure and make them more resilient against threats ranging from cyberattacks to extreme weather. The billRead More

Earlier in August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would allocate $409.4 million to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) for public water systems to improve local drinking water utility infrastructure so their systems can better withstand natural disasters.    “In February,Read More

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) recently announced its support for the Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act (Water ISAC Threat Protection Act) that would encourage water system participation in WaterISAC information sharing. The bill, H.R. 2344/S. 1118, was recently reintroduced byRead More

As firefighters and first responders in Los Angeles County continue to battle the historically destructive wildfires that have been burning through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood and many other parts of the region in recent days, LA’s water supply has struggled to keep up with theRead More

WaterISAC and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the release of a new, joint information bulletin for water and wastewater utility owners and operators. Issued quarterly, the National Security Information Sharing Bulletin (ISB) is intended for utility owners and operators to provide information onRead More

By Jordanna Rubin Evidence highlighting the effects of climate change – and its increasing impact on our societies – is indisputable. 2023 saw a flurry of extreme weather events across the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded 28 weather and climate disastersRead More

Shawn Corrigan, Vice President, Risk and Resilience Principal, Carollo, chats with WF&M This past June at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE23) in Toronto, we caught up with Shawn Corrigan, CEM, vice president and risk and resilience principal at Carollo. Corrigan walked us though someRead More

New research recently released by global professional services company GHD, titled Aquanomics: The economics of water risk and future resilience reveals droughts, floods and storms could result in a total loss of $3.7 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) between 2022 and 2050. ThisRead More