This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Key impacts of climate change are presented on the following: temperature increases; precipitation pattern changes; changes in runoff patterns; ecosystem effects; and, sea level rises. Metropolitan's climate change
adaptation strategy is presented, along with the Integrated Resources Plan for 2009 that incorporates climate change
uncertainty into planning. Presentation summary includes the following:
climate change has impacts on water supply,
quality, ecosystem, and energy consumption;
Metropolitan has invested billions of dollars
in storage, conservation, and recycling as
adaptation strategy;
Metropolitan has implemented aggressive
Energy Management Plan;
research, knowledge sharing, and
collaboration; and,
better quantification of local impacts. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 14 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 11/01/2008 |
