Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA)
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| Name | Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) |
| Organization Description | Delivering reliable, high-quality water requires a delicate balance between water supplies and customer demands. While water managers continually have strived to maintain this supply-and-demand balance through long-term water resources planning and demand management, new challenges exist due to the impacts of climate change, putting the world's water resources at risk. From extreme rainfall events and flooding to prolonged drought, watersheds throughout the world are experiencing greater variability in weather patterns. Solely relying on historical data to predict future precipitation, snowpack, runoff and river and stream flows no longer is practical. In addition to climate change, population growth, increased water demands, water quality concerns and endangered species-related issues make the availability of water resources a critical concern for water providers. The Water Utility Climate Alliance is dedicated to collaborating on climate change issues affecting drinking water utilities. By enhancing climate change research and developing adaptation strategies, water utilities will be positioned to respond to climate change and protect our water supplies. This organization operates in Colorado. |
| Type of Organization | Regional |
| Sector(s) |  Water Energy |
| Organization Concerns | In January 2007, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission hosted the first national Water Utility Climate Change Summit, which was attended by more than 200 water and wastewater utility executives, government officials, climate change experts and environmental leaders. The purpose of the gathering was to help participants to better understand the impacts of climate change on water-related infrastructure and water resource supplies. Shortly after the summit, the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) was formed to provide leadership and collaboration on climate change issues affecting the country's water agencies. Comprised of eight of the nation's largest water providers, WUCA members supply drinking water for more than 36 million people throughout the United States. Members include Denver Water, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Portland Water Bureau and San Diego County Water Authority, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Seattle Public Utilities and Southern Nevada Water Authority. |
| Website | http://www.wucaonline.org/html/ |
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