Confronting Climate Change: an early analysis of Water and Wastewater adaptation Costs

This report is an early cost assessment of adaptations to address some of the likely impacts of climate change on the wastewater and drinking water utilities in US through 2050. This report has three aims: 1) to characterise the impacts of climate change on drinking water and wastewater services through 2050 based on greenhouse gas scenarios and climate change projections; 2) to help policy makers and the water and wastewater sector begin to understand the challenges to ensuring reliable water and wastewater services to continue to be available in the face of a changeing climate; and 3) to provide early estimates so that policies can be developed that address these challenges and planning by utilities can begin.