Topic: Infrastructure Improvement Strategies
Build infrastructure needed for aquifer storage and recovery. The Utilities Department will work with PED using a combination of grant...
Install fire resistant building and landscape features, such as fire buffers (defensible space) for homes of vulnerable individuals. The Fire...
Build alternative power supplies such as building or community-scale battery storage and microgrids incorporating renewables to avoid power outages for...
Increase urban forestry, trees, landscapes and other green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff and increase heat resilience and tree canopy....
Develop and implement policies, plans, and projects to preserve or restore wetlands and floodplain connectivity, re-plant deforested riparian zones, and...
Conduct stress testing on existing public service systems (e.g. wastewater treatment, flood barriers, roads, bridges) to assess tolerance to exposure....
Install back up power diesel generators to protect critical facilities (administration building, radio station, lift stations, pumps, etc) from short...
Install automated irrigation systems on agricultural lands that utilize soil moisture monitors that can track when crops need water. Agriculture...
Install, reengineer or conduct preventative maintenance on retaining walls, drainage systems, water storage tanks, stormwater retention basins, culverts, storm systems,...
Build flood and water intrusion barriers to protect assets (e.g. fortify SLR floodwall, diking, aquifer recharge). Tribal Services is working...
Increase water storage capacity. PED is working with the Utilities Department using Bureau of Reclamation funds to expand and complete...
Retrofit critical facilities to reduce resource burden during exposure events (e.g. passive or efficient HVAC and water systems, structural reinforcements,...
