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Actions That Could Reduce Water Temperature

Appendix F from Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans, lists actions that could lower water temperture, and notes their cobenefits for urban stormwater control or restoring watersheds.

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Actions That Could Reduce Water Temperature (PDF)(5 pp, 342 K, August 2014)