September 2012 



Tool of the Month

  

Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP)


 

Allocation of limited water resources between agricultural, municipal and environmental uses now requires the full integration of supply, demand, water quality and ecological considerations. The Water Evaluation and Planning system, or WEAP, aims to incorporate these issues into a practical yet robust tool for integrated water resources planning. 

 

Greetings!

 

Welcome to Convergence, the Carpe Diem West Academy newsletter! Convergence keeps you up-to-date on the webinars and events we offer to support western water managers, decision makers, and stakeholders in navigating the climate challenges ahead.

 

 

Next webinar: Vulnerability Assessment - Take Two

 

Thursday, September 20

1:00pm PDT

 

In the Academy's March 21st webinar we looked at the main objectives of vulnerability assessment. Join the Academy Team and special guests Dr. Amy Snover, Co-Director, The Climate Impacts Group, Universtiy of Washington and Charlie EsterManager of Water Resource Operations, Salt River Project, as we move this discussion beyond assessment of the general risk of reduced water supply due to climate change to assessment of localized threats to water system infrastructure, such as increases in the number of catastrophic wildfires.

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View our past webinars here

  

 

Win "Tool Time" with Dr. Kiyomi Morino!

 

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What are your questions about vulnerability assessment? Fill out a short survey about our next webinar and be entered for the chance to win an hour-long call with Dr. Morino, the "keeper" of the Academy's tool database! Dr. Morino will guide you and your team through the Academy's tools database. The winner will be announced on our September 20th webinar. 

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Bonus Tool: The Climate Impacts Group's Adaptation Guidebook

 

We are pleased to be hosting Dr. Amy Snover, co-author of The Climate Impacts Group's Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments, on our upcoming webinar. For those just beginning to to think about vulnerability assessment and adaptation, the Guidebook is a valuable resource which recommends a detailed, easy-to-understand process for climate change preparedness based on familiar resources and tools. 

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