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.
Activities
Increase Water Conservation/20x2020 Reduction
WET-CAT Group Progress Report May 2011
Deliverables
July 1, 2011, urban retail water suppliers are required to define their baseline water use, and develop interim and final water use targets.
Department of Water Resources adopts regulations for agricultural water volume measurement on July 31, 2011.
Contacts
Frances Spivy-Weber,
Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
fweber@waterboards.ca.gov
(916) 341-5607
Kamyar Guivetchi,
Department of Water Resources
kamyarg@water.ca.gov
(916) 651-9202
Matthew Deal,
Director of the Policy & Planning Division,
California Public Utilities Commission
Matthew.deal@cpuc.ca.gov
(415) 703-2576
Current Roster of Participating Agencies
- Air Resources Board
- Cal/EPA
- Department of Food and Agriculture
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Water Resources
- Energy Commission
- Legislative Analyst's Office
- Natural Resources Agency
- Public Utilities Commission
- State Water Resources Control Board
- UC Santa Barbara
- US Environmental Protection Agency
Additional Information
- Department of Water Resources
- California Water Plan
- Senate Bill X7-7 The Water Conservation Act of 2009