Monitoring Progress in the Water Sector
This tab includes resources on monitoring and indicators for climate change effects and responses in the water sector.
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The Section of Fisheries of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is leading a statewide collaborative effort to develop a system to monitor and record biological and chemical changes that occur in a sample of lakes that are representative of the state’s most common lakes. The program is designed to understand and predict the consequences of land use and climate change on lake habitats. This research builds off of the Sustaining Lakes in a Changing Environment program, or SLICE, that began in 2008.
Related Organizations: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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August 27, 2018
California’s statewide assessment of climate change impacts utilizes updated climate science to investigate vulnerability at the local scale and inform adaptation and resilience planning. The fourth climate change assessment includes 44 technical reports on projected impacts to specific sectors and potential responses, 30 summary reports, 9 regional reports, and 3 statewide topical reports on oceans and coasts, tribal and indigenous communities, and environmental justice impacts of climate change.
Related Organizations: State of California, California Natural Resources Agency, California Energy Commission , California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jennifer Phillips , Sarah Lindbergh
Resource Category: Assessments
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The National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) provides an understanding of water-quality conditions; whether conditions are getting better or worse over time and how natural features and human activities affect those conditions.
Related Organizations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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2013
From the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), this global index is a free open-source online tool which summarizes a country's climate change vulnerabilities, as well as its readiness to adapt.
Related Organizations: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN)
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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The Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program provides western states and Alaska with information on future water supplies (January - June for the current year). USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service field staff collect and analyze data on depth and water equivalent of the snowpack at more than 1,200 mountain sites and estimate annual water availability, spring runoff, and summer streamflows. Individuals, organizations, and state and federal agencies use these forecasts for decisions relating to agricultural production, fish and wildlife management, municipal and industrial water supply, urban development, flood control, recreation power generation, and water quality management.
Related Organizations: National Weather Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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