Building Resilience to a Changing Climate: A Technical Training in Water Sector Utility Decision Support
Building Resilience to a Changing Climate: A Technical Training in Water Sector Utility Decision Support

Event Date(s):

September 26-27, 2017

Location:

Boulder, CO

Target Audience:

  • Technical consultants providing engineering, regulatory compliance, planning and decision support services to water sector utilities on matters relating to adapting to climate uncertainties; and
  • Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utility staff and managers engaged in long-term planning and decision making.

Pre-Training Webinar
A pre-training webinar will be held on Monday, September 18 from 1:00-2:30pm Eastern Time. All approved registrants are strongly encouraged to participate in this pre-training webinar so that participants enter the training with a common understanding of the fundamentals of climate change science, as well as the objectives and format of the event.

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Registration

The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) and other water sector partners are hosting a FREE two-day technical training for drinking water and wastewater utility managers and consultants. Guided by a dynamic agenda and expert trainers, participants will gain useful knowledge and practical skills for integrating climate science into all aspects of water sector utility capital planning and business processes, as well as communication skills for relaying this information to decision makers and other audiences. The training will focus on three important dimensions of building the resilience of water sector utilities: 1) fundamentals of climate science including sources of uncertainty to consider in long-term planning; 2) methods for adopting planning approaches for making adaption decisions in the face of uncertainties about how climate will change; and 3) communications best practices for building a business case for climate resilience.

Update

Due to training capacity for this event, registration is currently closed. WUCA and other partners hope to host similar training events in the future. If you are interested in more information regarding future events, please contact Laurna Kaatz (Laurna.Kaatz@denverwater.org). Thank you for your interest.