The climate is changing. So is water work.

Longer, hotter summers. Changing precipitation patterns. Longer droughts. Bigger storms. More widely varying flows. Altered stream channels. Changing floodplains. Earlier snow melt. Bigger, more frequent wildfires. Increasing saltwater intrusion. More invasive species. While the mix of changing conditions will vary regionally, our changing climate will affect virtually all freshwater systems in the decades ahead.

The traditional work to protect and restore watersheds is more important today than ever before. Our rivers, streams and lakes must be as clean and healthy as possible as we enter an era when they will be subject to a host of new climate-related stresses.

But our traditional work, while essential, is not enough.

We need to anticipate the coming changes and help people understand what these changes will mean for their own regions and watersheds. We need to develop practical solutions to the new water problems that people and natural systems will face. Last but not least, we need to do our part to address the root cause of the climate problem by helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly.

This website provides information, ideas, resources and connections for those working on climate-related water issues in the United States and beyond. We hope you find it useful--and that you will share with us your own stories, insights and requests. Click below to begin learning how to minimize and adapt to the harmful effects of climate change by saving water and energy.