Florida Water & Climate Alliance Webinar
Workshop 3
Public Water Supply Utilities Climate Impacts Working Group
This is the third workshop bringing together interested stakeholders from public water supply utilities, water management districts and academic institutions in Florida. The UF Water Institute, 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 are focused on increasing the relevance and usability of climate change and variability data and tools to the specific needs of public water supply utilities in Florida. 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.
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The workshop featured the following presentations and speakers:
- Evaluation of dynamically and statistically downscaled climate model results: Wendy Graham, SyeWoon Hwang, et. al. University of Florida and Tampa Bay Water.
- Developing a Research Agenda — Public Water Supply Utilities – Climate Impact Working Group: Larry Johnson, P.E, Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department.
- Use of Intra-Seasonal and Seasonal Forecasts to Reduce Risk in Regional Public Water Supply Management: Chris Martinez, University of Florida
- A Land of Flowers on a Latitude of Deserts: aiding conservation and management of Florida’s biodiversity reanalysis: Vasu Misra, FSU EOAS, COAPS, SEC
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