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Doom and Gloom Report Looks at Climate Change

/in /by /Santa Barbara Independentby Jean Yamamura

The good news is that Santa Barbara County has programs in place that address food insecurity and care for seniors, but the bad news is that climate change will make them more needed than ever. Doom and gloom dominate a new California Public Health study on the social ills that the changing climate will bring on. By the end of the century, it recounts, temperatures will rise by 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit in the happiest scenario and by 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit in Santa Barbara County in the worst.

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How Aging Infrastructure, Sea Level Rise, and Growing Public Concern Create Opportunities and Challenges for Water Managers

/in /by /WaterWorld

Recent high-profile failures of critical water infrastructure, such as the Oroville Dam in California, are bringing increasing awareness to the current state of the nation’s flood infrastructure. In fact, ASCE and ASDSO have estimated that it will take over $160 billion to fix our aging dam and levee flood infrastructure alone. In this webinar, sponsored by Hydro Gate, three industry-leading practitioners with local, state and federal water resources experience will discuss the current and future state of flood management infrastructure. Learn how aging infrastructure, sea level rise, and growing public concern are creating opportunities and challenges across the country.

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