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Frequently Asked Questions National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change answer many question: Why are you revising the previous EPA National Water Program Climate Strategy, What is your main message, How is this “National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change” different from the other federal climate change strategies and adaptation plans that have been, or will soon be, released,. | Frequently Asked Questions National Water Program 2012 Strategy Response to Climate Change Q1 Why are you revising the previous EPA National Water Program Climate Strategy A When EPA developed the first National Water Program Climate Strategy in 2007 published in 2008 the Agency was starting to have conversations about the impacts of climate change on the EPA s water programs. EPA identified a range of actions to help begin the process of building the Agency s knowledge on climate change adaptation. Much has been learned since then and EPA decided it was time to lay out a longer-term strategy to guide program planning that goes beyond the next two or three years. In addition there is now much more activity underway throughout the . in local tribal state and federal areas. This presents EPA with the opportunity to build stronger collaborations needed to achieve its goals. This Strategy attempts to elaborate on potential collaborations. Q2 What is your main message A Climate change alters the hydrological background in which ecosystems and society function. To remain effective EPA and its partners and stakeholders need to understand the changes underway in order to account for not only changes in average conditions but also changes in extreme conditions. However while there is strong evidence that changes are underway there is a range of uncertainty about the exact nature and extent of changes at the local scale where most decisions are made. Therefore water managers need to develop flexible adaptive management strategies while we collectively continue to build the tools needed to project changes understand vulnerability and respond appropriately. The pressures and stresses on the water environment come from many directions - from land use population growth municipal uses industrial activity agriculture energy generation - all competing for limited supplies all contributing to water quality impairment and all struggling with how to account for the hydrological .

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