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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Key impacts of climate change are presented on the following: temperature increases; precipitation pattern changes; changes in runoff patterns; ecosystem effects; and, sea level rises. Metropolitan's climate changeadaptation strategy is presented, along with the Integrated Resources Plan for 2009 that incorporates climate changeuncertainty into planning. Presentation summary includes the following: climate change has impacts on water supply,quality, ecosystem, and energy consumption;Metropolitan has invested billions of dollarsin storage, conservation, and recycling asadaptation strategy;Metropolitan has implemented aggressiveEnergy Management Plan;research, knowledge sharing, andcollaboration; and,better quantification of local impacts. Includes figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 11/01/2008 Number of Pages: 19File Size: 1 file , 14 MB