Florida Water & Climate Alliance Webinar
Future Rainfall Projections for Florida Water Resources Planning and Management: Stakeholder Needs Assessment
Tuesday March 28th, 10am – noon
As many of us are all too familiar with, extreme weather and climate events in Florida are intensifying and becoming more frequent. Extreme temperatures, extreme rainfall and flooding, drought, sea level rise, hurricanes/tropical storms, and severe weather have significant impacts on water management and planning. Over 190 participants joined the webinar from water management districts, utilities, universities, government agencies and consulting firms. The webinar featured an overview of the Florida FloodHub Climate and Sea Level Rise Working Groups by Dr. Tom Frazer (Executive Director of the Florida FloodHub, USF) followed by a panel discussion focused on diverse water sector stakeholders’ needs for and uses of climate information.
Invited Panelists included:
- Tirusew Asefa, Tampa Bay Water
- Anne Coglianese, Chief Resilience Officer City of Jacksonville
- Beth Lewis, The Nature Conservancy Resilient Lands and Waters Strategy Director
- Steve Peene, ATM, A Geosyntec Company
- Angela Schedel, Taylor Engineering, Inc
- Tommy Strowd Lake Worth Drainage District (stormwater management/flood control)
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Facilitator: Dr. Tracy Irani, Professor and Chair, Family Youth and Community Sciences Department
