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Description: Rural water systems are increasingly challenged by changing weather patterns, natural disasters, aging infrastructure, and limited funding—pressing decision-makers to develop effective, resilient strategies in the face of these complex realities. This webinar, the second in a two-part series, will explore practical strategies for advancing community resilience, featuring research insights and highlighting real-world examples of successful approaches at water systems across the country. 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the impacts of climate change on rural water systems, and the considerations decision-makers face in creating strategies and responses that build resilience to these changes
• Explore pathways to and examples of successful responses to climate change in rural water management
• Demonstrate the types, forms, and availability of technical assistance for small, rural and Tribal communities, to address these challenges

Presenters: Amy Weinfurter, Director of Strategic Projects, WaterNow Alliance, Andrew Teegarden, Water Policy Associate, WaterNow Alliance, and Shannon McNeeley, Associate Director, Water and Climate Equity, Pacific Institute, Speaker to be confirmed from Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange (LiKEN)

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We will provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

This will be a virtual program for local decision makers, utility management and staff, and community leaders in rural, small (serving ≤10,000), and tribal municipal water systems confronting challenges with finding ways to invest in sustainable, equitable and climate resilient water solutions.

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