Topics Featured In The Plan:

• Retrofit infrastructure for coastal flooding and sea level rise
• Require education/training/monitoring for homeowners with septic systems
• Consider hard shoreline protection in certain situations
• Develop inverted block rate pricing structure for water and sewer
• Use homeowner outreach to encourage relocation outside floodplains
• Encourage relocation of infrastructure outside of coastal flood zone
• Relocate Port Townsend municipal wastewater treatment plant long-term
• Adopt new flood risk management standards and guidelines
• Install pumps for stormwater outfalls subject to sea level rise
• Renovate Clallam Bay/Sekiu wastewater treatment plant
• Develop and utilize decision making tools related to climate change risks
• Create critical area flood mapping beyond FEMA’s historical flood data
• Encourage soft defenses for shoreline infrastructure
• Improve on-site stormwater management practices
• Participate in FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS)
• Enhance stormwater retention in upstream areas
• Install tide gates, “duckbill” valves for stormwater outfall infrastructure where needed
• Manage/enhance upstream watersheds
• Update emergency management and response planning to include climate change where needed
• Reduce inflow and infiltration to wastewater systems
• Update planning documents for sea level rise and flooding where needed
• Do outreach and education on climate adaptation to build community support
• Encourage the State to lift restrictions or permit grey water reuse
• Create a smart grid water use system and share data with consumers to increase conservation
• Pilot programs for sub-basin management within water rights laws
• Streamline the administrative process for adjusting water rights
• Direct wastewater reuse between municipalities and industries
• Explore opportunities for artificial recharge of groundwater aquifers
• Research the development and construction of a desalination plant
• Research regulatory framework on water hauling/delivery
• Enhance management of septic water quality issues
• Continue to study ways to enhance water storage and groundwater recharge
• Encourage forestry practices promoting water retention within the watershed
• Research or develop model to assess sea level rise and saltwater intrusion to groundwater
• Improve forecasting for future water supply and demand
• Map water retention values for ecosystems
• Create an outreach, education, and incentive program for private well users
• Develop or increase incentives for low-water use landscaping
• Adjust rate structure for water use to incentivize conservation where needed
• Develop code and infrastructure for a municipal reclaimed water system
• Enhance residential water conservation through incentives and outreach
• Utilize climate sensitive tree species in riparian buffers
• Replace under-sized culverts to anticipate climate influenced runoff events
• Enhance education on drought and water supplies issues for the peninsula
• Adopt new regulations requiring water-efficient appliances
• Promote and incentivize smart irrigation technologies for agriculture
• Identify monitoring needs and enhance water supply monitoring
• Enhance efforts to educate home and business owners on the value of on-site water conservation, retention, and catchment
• Designate and prioritize funding for additional land designated for agriculture
• Develop a funding program appropriate for acquisition of high-risk structures in coastal or riverine flood zones
• Create funding mechanism for conservation projects in Clallam County
• Provide guidance on right “timeline” for erosion buffers period (50, 75, 150 years) and setback distances (50ft to 200ft) that account for changing climate conditions
• Integrate climate change projections into salmon hatchery planning
• Identify and monetize environmental services
• Inventory and then prioritize shoreline and watershed areas appropriate for defense and retreat
• Re-energize efforts to reduce stressors to salmon stream habitats
• Incentivize agricultural water conservation
• Reduce local land-based pollutants that enhance acidification in marine waters
• Integrate climate change projections into shellfish hatchery planning
• Strengthen enforcement on illegal shoreline uses
• Restructure rural water and sewer systems where needed
• Develop community climate action plans (if not already in place)
• Add climate impact overlays to existing “Critical Areas”
• Support and enhance watershed and nearshore habitat restoration
• Monitor and analyze climate change impacts at salmon stream restoration sites
• Decrease non-climate ecosystem stressors
• Transition away from use of biosolids and industrial fertilizer on agriculture and forestry lands
• Update financing policies for development in high risk areas
• Enhance efforts to incentivize use of native plants landscaping in residential, commercial, industrial settings
• Utilize low cost citizen science monitoring and analysis approaches and technologies
• Increase funding for harmful algae bloom monitoring
• Complete survey of sensitive submerged habitats and the species that utilize them
• Enhance efforts to restore and develop wildlife corridors
• Enhance efforts to encourage breeding and planting of drought tolerant, resilient plant species
• Incorporate climate change more explicitly into comprehensive plans and Shoreline Master Programs (SMP)
• Enhance promotion of agricultural best management practices to include future climate conditions
• Update municipal codes to account for enhanced fire risk at forest/residential interface where needed
• Increase regional capacity for water storage (preferably with natural systems)
• Encourage FEMA to incorporate climate change in rate maps and guidance
• Develop graphical tool to illustrate climate impacts