The Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) consists of eight of the largest water providers in the United States who together deliver drinking water to over 36 million Americans. These utilities are:

Denver Water
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Portland Water Bureau
San Diego County Water Authority
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Seattle Public Utilities
Southern Nevada Water Authority

The Alliance has active participation at both the general manager and staff level, and has been meeting since mid-2007. Our mission statement reads:

‘The Water Utility Climate Alliance is dedicated to providing leadership and collaboration on climate change issues affecting drinking water utilities by improving research, encouraging the development of adaptation strategies and creating mitigation approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’

These comments on the Revised Research Plan of the CCSP are the collective work of the member agencies of the WUCA.

Attached below are the Comments on the Revised Research Plan of the CCSP.