What’s Needed
Report on a Conversation with NPDES Coordinators:
Actions needed to address Climate Impacts
A Conversation Last June ‘19
• Climate is changing
• How do we adapt?
• Regional Stormwater professionals work well together
• What are the needs?
The Obvious
• Climate Scenarios
• Thanks Guillaume!
• Modeling and Sizing of SW
Facilities
• Thanks Jeff & Ecology!
• Refinements & Validations
• Jeff’s “crowd sourcing” request
Other Considerations
• O & M considerations
• More intense storm = More
maintenance?
• Finances
• How much?
• Grant programs?
• Managing Risk
• Act now may = less $
• Act later may = more $
• Or…
More to Consider
• Communication
• To residents, businesses, electeds,
each other
• Can we learn from others
• Who started doing what? Lessons
learned?
• Population Increase
• 2050 increases
• “Climate Refugees”
We are Early in Stages
How do we continue push this forward?
Opening to Floor:
What’s missing? How do we
move forward?
Collect ideas here