“Climate change poses serious risks to
Assembly Bill 224 takes a threefold approach to integrating climate change into planning efforts:
• Under the bill, the California Department of Water Resources is required to identify existing peer-reviewed climate change information to help local water suppliers identify potential impacts to water supply.
• The bill requires the State Water Resources Control Board to quantify the energy savings and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from water recycling and conservation. The board will also be required to start incorporating climate change information into its water quality planning.
• Local water suppliers are required under the bill to consider the information identified by DWR in preparing urban water management plans, agricultural water management plans, and integrated regional water management plans….
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