Water-Energy Team of the Climate Action Team (WET-CAT)

Purpose

The Water-Energy Team of the Climate Action Team (WET-CAT) is tasked with coordinating its efforts on both greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and adaptation actions affecting the portion of the energy sector that supports the storage, transport and delivery of water for agricultural, residential, and commercial needs.

Potential climate change impacts to water include diminished snowpack, drought, flooding, decreased drinking water quality, rising sea level and salinity, increased water pollution from urban runoff, elevated levels of disease causing pathogens, and loss of recreational water areas due to flooding.

See the following for background on the water-energy nexus:

Water-Energy Slide Presentation (PDF Version, 717 kb) | (Power Point Presentation, 1.7 mb)
Climate Change and the Water-Energy Nexus: Statewide Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Adapt to a Changing Climate

Categories for Greenhouse Gas Savings in the Water Sector

Water Use Efficiency
Recycled Water
Water Systems Efficiency
Stormwater Reuse
Renewable Development
Funding (Public Goods Charge)

Documents

Contacts

Frances Spivy-Weber,
Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
fweber@waterboards.ca.gov
(916) 341-5607

Robert P. Oglesby,
Executive Director, California Energy Commission
robert.oglesby@energy.ca.gov
(916) 654-4996

WETCAT Meeting Schedule

2013

March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
July 8
August 12
September 9
October 14
November 12
December 9

Current Roster of Participating Agencies

Air Resources Board
Cal/EPA
Department of Food and Agriculture
Department of Public Health
Department of Water Resources
Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA),
Public Utilities Commission
Energy Commission

Natural Resources Agency
Public Utilities Commission
Stanford University
State Water Resources Control Board
Strategic Growth Council
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
US Environmental Protection Agency