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Goal C Improve infrastructure’s climate resilience to protect public health and safety

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Bolster Public Health and Safety to Protect Against Increasing Climate Risks

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Progress Indicators

  • Scoping: Scoping and organizing action; collecting input and conducting community engagement.
  • Securing Funding: Securing funding; beginning project work.
  • Underway: Work underway; documentation and reporting in progress.
  • Nearing Completion: Work nearing completion.
  • Complete: Work complete; shifting to ongoing maintenance, monitoring, evaluation and assessment.
  • Ongoing Improvements: Ongoing advancements; continual improvements.

Actions

  • Action 1 Reduce the risk of energy infrastructure-related ignitions that lead to catastrophic wildfire. 

    Success Metric: Number of approved utility wildfire mitigation plans to reduce the risk of infrastructure-related wildfires and increase the wildfire risk mitigation capabilities of electrical corporations throughout the state.

    Timeframe: 10 years starting in 2020

    Agency: Natural Resources Agency – Office of Energy Infrastructure and Safety

    For More Details: Office of Energy Infrastructure and Safety

    Progress Indicator: Underway

    Success Metric: Reduction in the risk of infrastructure-related wildfires and increase in wildfire risk mitigation capabilities of electrical corporations throughout the state as indicated by decreases in number of utility wildfire ignitions, acreage burned by utility-ignited wildfires, and other wildfire safety related metrics collected by the California Public Utilities Commission.

    Timeframe: 10 years starting in 2020

    Agency: Public Utilities Commission

    For More Details: Public Utilities Commission Safety Policy Division

    Progress Indicator: Ongoing Improvements

  • Action 2 Increase resilience of critical, climate vulnerable energy infrastructure.

    Success Metric: Results of Climate Vulnerability Assessments filed with the Public Utilities Commission by Investor-Owned Utilities.

    Timeframe: 2025

    Agency: Public Utilities Commission

    For More Details: California Public Utilities Commission Climate Adaptation Proceeding

    Progress Indicator: Underway

  • Action 3 Reduce vulnerability of water and wastewater infrastructure to climate-driven disasters, such as flooding, storm surge, sea-level rise, and landslides.

    Success Metric: Increase in the number of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits and waste discharge requirements that include infrastructure climate resilience requirements.

    Timeframe: Ongoing

    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency - State and Regional Water Resources Control Boards

    For More Details: State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2017-0012

    Progress Indicator: Underway

  • Action 4 Help tribal nations and communities diversify their water supply sources.

    Success Metric: Reduction in number of drinking water systems with only one well, or only one type of water source.

    Timeframe: 2027

    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – State Water Resources Control Board | Natural Resources Agency – Department of Water Resources

    For More Details: SAFER Needs Assessment; Countywide Drought and Water Shortage Contingency Plans; Water Resilience Portfolio; Senate Bill 552 (Hertzberg, 2021)

    Progress Indicator: Underway

    Success Metric: Increased number of physical connections among local and regional water systems to improve access to multiple sources of water.

    Timeframe: Ongoing

    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – State Water Resources Control Board | Natural Resources Agency – Department of Water Resources

    For More Details: SAFER Needs Assessment; Countywide Drought and Water Shortage Contingency Plans; Water Resilience Portfolio; Senate Bill 552 (Hertzberg, 2021)

    Progress Indicator: Underway

    Success Metric: Support tribal drought relief programs.

    Timeframe: Ongoing

    Agency: Natural Resources Agency – Department of Water Resources

    For More Details: 2021 Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Program - California Grants Portal; Small Community Drought Relief

    Progress Indicator: Underway

  • Action 5 Evaluate and strengthen resilience of regulated water and wastewater facilities.

    Success Metric: Climate change vulnerability assessments regularly updated in community water system sanitary surveys (for example, Electronic Annual Report for drinking water) with assessment results made available via a publicly-accessible system.

    Timeframe: Ongoing

    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – State Water Resources Control Board | Public Utilities Commission

    For More Details: State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 2017-0012

    Progress Indicator: Ongoing Improvements

    Success Metric: Support tribal water system improvements and maintenance.

    Timeframe: Ongoing

    Agency: Natural Resources Agency – Department of Water Resources

    For More Details: 2021 Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Program - California Grants Portal; Small Community Drought Relief

    Progress Indicator: Underway