RESILIENCY RESOURCES

• 6 Ways Communities Are Streamlining Water & Wastewater Asset Lifecycle Management

  Here are just a few examples of innovative ways that communities are leveraging Trimble Cityworks, Esri, and partner solutions.

• Community-Led Initiative Aims To Enhance Equity In Grand Rapids Watershed Resilience

  Resilience can have many meanings, but for the communities facing increasing impacts of climate change, resilience is a way of planning for a safer and more prosperous future. The Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds (LGROW) has been an Urban Waters Federal Partnership (UWFP) location since 2011. As part of UWFP, LGROW works in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to understand, protect, and improve the natural resources of the Lower Grand River watershed for all to enjoy.

• As Climate Change Amplifies Urban Flooding, Here's How Communities Can Become 'Sponge Cities'

  Across the continental U.S., intense single-day precipitation events are growing more frequent, fueled by warming air that can hold increasing levels of moisture. Most recently, areas north of Houston received 12–20" of rain in several days in early May 2024, leading to swamped roads and evacuations. Events like these have sparked interest in so-called sponge cities — a comprehensive approach to urban flood mitigation that uses innovative landscape and drainage designs to reduce and slow down runoff, while allowing certain parts of the city to flood safely during extreme weather.
• How To Protect Against Cyber Attacks That Threaten Critical Infrastructure

  Learn more about five types of attacks that threaten critical infrastructure assets, services, and systems, and how to defend against each.

• What Cities Everywhere Can Learn From The Houston Area's Severe Flooding As They Try To Adapt To Climate Change

  Floods are complex events, and they are about more than just heavy rain. Each community has its own unique geography and climate that can exacerbate flooding. On top of those risks, extreme downpours are becoming more common as global temperatures rise.

• Army Corps Protects Plant That Helps Protect Shore

  An eroded coast puts the shoreline community at risk for flooding from storms, so the Army Corps has been replenishing the eroded sand and increasing the size of the beach to help protect the community. This has been done in part thanks to the discovery of a federally threatened coastal plant that hadn’t been seen in the region for almost a century.

• Enhancing Water Infrastructure Resilience Against Seismic Activity

  Water and wastewater infrastructure is the backbone of communities, ensuring access to clean water and the safe treatment of waste critical for public health and environmental sustainability. However, seismic activity presents a formidable challenge to these systems. It risks widespread disruption, contamination, and service outages that can have immediate and long-term effects on a community's well-being and capabilities.
• Combating Cyber Threats: How To Secure Water Utility Systems

  As technology gets more sophisticated, so have hackers and cyberattacks. How can utilities protect themselves and their customers?

• The South's Aging Water Infrastructure Is Getting Pounded By Climate Change — Fixing It Is Also A Struggle

  Climate change is threatening America's water infrastructure as intensifying storms deluge communities and droughts dry up freshwater supplies in regions that aren't prepared. We study infrastructure resilience and sustainability and see a crisis growing where aging water supply systems and stormwater infrastructure are leaving more communities at risk as weather becomes more extreme.
• Coastal Wetlands Can't Keep Pace With Sea-Level Rise, And Infrastructure Is Leaving Them Nowhere To Go

  Wetlands have flourished along the world's coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surge, stop seawater from contaminating drinking water supplies, and create habitat for birds, fish, and threatened species. Much of that may be gone in a matter of decades.