Option

Expand water storage and stormwater capture capacity

Details

Focus of action

Stormwater Infrastructure

Examples from plans

This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.

Option from plan	Hazards Sort descending	Assets	Region	Source Plan
Continue to store water underground for use at a later date.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water	Southwest	Phoenix, AZ Climate Action Plan (p. 181)
Develop regional and distributed surface water storage to increase the potential for stormwater capture and reuse for water supply, aquifer recharge, flood management and environmental benefits.	Drought Flooding – General	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – Stormwater	Southeast	Southeast Florida Compact Regional Climate Action Plan - Energy and Fuel
Increase the number of peak flow diversions into offline storage in water supply systems.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – General Water Infrastructure – Stormwater	Southeast	Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 205 (pdf p. 217))
Build or expand additional hardscaped water storage reservoirs.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water	Southeast	Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 118)
Add capacity to water supply Reservoir and determine viability and cost effectiveness	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water	Southeast	Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 118)
Increase water storage ambition over time to adapt as the climate changes.	Drought Flooding – General	Water Infrastructure – Stormwater	Southern Great Plains	Resilient Houston (p. 98 (pdf p. 100))
Implement stormwater projects that reduce pollution and capture local water supply.	Water Quality Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – Stormwater	Southwest	Los Angeles, CA Resilience Strategy (p. 130 (pdf p. 67))

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