Regional Information and Resources

2002 Drought Information

Aurora Study

CO River Drought Impacts and Management page
Collection of publications,managment plans, managment agencies, and studies dedicated to drought impacts and managment on the Colorado River.

Front Range Municipal Drought Plans

Aurora (adpoted 2005)

Boulder (adopted February 20, 2003)

Colorado Springs (adopted March 25, 2003).  Chapter 12, art. 4, part 13

Denver Water (adoted May, 2004)

Erie

Longmont (adopted May 11, 2004)

Louisville (adopted March, 2004)

Thornton (adopted August 13, 2002)

 

 Drought Studies about municipalities (alphabetical by state)

California
Progress on Incorporating Climate Change into Management of California’s Water Resources
Technical Memorandum Report, California Department of Water Resources, July 2006

Climate Warming and Water Supply Management in California
White Paper, California Climate Change Center
CEC-500-2005-195-SF, March 2006

Estimated impacts of climate warming on California water availability under twelve future climate scenarios
Zhu, T., Jenkins, M.W., Lund, J.R.
Journal of American Water Resources Association 41 (4), pp. 899-91, October 2005
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States

Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature
Michael Kiparsky and Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security
California Water Plan Update 2005
The Pacific Institute surveyed existing literature on climate change and its impacts on water resources in California. The study reviewed projected effects of climate change on the state’s water supply, delivery, and quality, and explored the economics involved in meeting the challenges that those affects could bring about.

Optimization of California’s Water Supply System: Results and Inisghts
Marion W. Jenkins, Jay R. Lund, Richard E. Howitt, Andrew J. Draper, Siwa M. Msangi, Stacy K. Tanaka, Randall S. Ritzema, and Guilherme F. Marques
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, pp. 271-281, July/August, 2004.

Florida
South Florida Environmental Report, March 2008
South Florida Water Management District/Florida Department of Environmental Protection
This is a comprehensive report that provides the public and decision makers with up-to-date information about the progress of environmental restoration efforts in South Florida. Volume I findings highlight the Districts financial resources management during Fiscal Year 2007. Volume II details planning and project status for annual water management districts statewide.

New Mexico
The Impact of Climate Change on New Mexico’s Water Supply and Ability to Manage Water Resources, July 2006
New Mexico Office of the State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission
John R. D’Antonio, P.E., State Engineer
Summary
This is a report produced by the New Mexico’s Office of the State Engineer in response to an October 2005 climate change initiative sponsored by Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico. Recognizing that climate change in New Mexico will largely be impacts on water resources, an analysis of the impact of climate change on water supplies as well as ability for the state to adopt adaptive management strategies was decreed by Governor Richardson in his October 2005 Executive Order. This report gives a summary of projected impacts on New Mexico’s water resources and addresses multiple inter-agency mitigation strategies to effectively and wisely use and allocate New Mexico’s water resources.

New York
Climate Change Impacts on New York City’s Water Supply System
Blake, R., Khanbilvardi, R., and Rosenzweig, C.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), Volume 36, No. 2, April 2000

Oregon
Portland Climate Change Impacts

The Impacts of Climate Change on Portland's Water Supply: An Investigation of Potential Hydrologic and Management Impacts on the Bull Run System. (2002). Palmer, R.N., and M. A. Hahn. 2002. Report prepared for the Portland Water Bureau, University of Washington, Seattle. 139 pp.

Washington
Seattle Climate Change Impacts

 

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