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Description: Rural water, wastewater, and stormwater systems face growing risks from climate change impacts, leaving decision-makers to grapple with complex realities as they seek to develop strategies to build resilience. This webinar explores the complex challenges facing rural water systems, and the ways climate change intensifies these issues. It will highlight practical strategies for advancing community resilience, showcasing examples from research and real-world implementation.

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 Teegarten, Water Policy Associate, WaterNow Alliance, and Shannon McNeeley, Associate Director, Water and Climate Equity, Pacific Institute 

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:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

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