Florida Water & Climate Alliance Workshop
Workshop 8
This is a report of the eighth workshop. Thirty-two people participated in this workshop, the largest to date and once again adding organizations that had not been represented previously. The Florida Water and Climate Alliance (FloridaWCA) brings together interested stakeholders from public water supply utilities, local governments, water management districts and academic institutions in Florida focused on increasing the relevance and usability of climate change and variability data and tools to the specific needs of public water supply utilities. The partners are interested in understanding and addressing how climate variability/change and sea level rise may impact planning and operations of Florida’s public water supply utilities. Initiated in 2010 by the UF Water Institute, in partnership with the Southeast Climate Consortium (SECC), Florida Climate Institute and the UF IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in partnership with six major public water supply utilities and three water management districts, the group continues to expand.
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The workshop featured the following presentations and speakers:
- Florida Water & Climate Alliance – Introduction to Workshop #8: Lisette Staal, Water Institute, University of Florida.
- Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Background and Model Overview: Ken Herd, Water Resources Bureau Chief, Southwest Florida Water Management District.
- Climate Change Impact Assessment over West Central Florida using CLAREnCE10 data from FSU: SyeWoon Hwang & Wendy Graham, University of Florida.
- Southeast Region Technical Report to the 2013 National Climate Assessment: Keith Ingram & Kirstin Dow, University of Florida.
- Florida Water and Climate Alliance Knowledge Management System & FloridaWCA.org: Tracy Irani & Erica Odera, University of Florida.
- The National Climate Assessment: Overview: Jayantha Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management District.
- Science to Action: Florida Water & Climate Alliance – Session 6 in Workshop #8: Lisette Staal, Water Institute, University of Florida.
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