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Apply the Adaptive Response Framework to your Water Utility

Drinking water and wastewater utilities can use the Adaptive Response Framework to:

identify needed resources to support your utility,
guide climate ready activities for your utility, and
identify possible incentives to encourage climate readiness.

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Adaptive Response Framework for Drinking Water and Wastewater Utilities (PDF)(14 pp, 793 K, November 2012, EPA 817-F-12-009)