Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Water demand management adaptation strategies
Promote training for individual households on leak and minor plumbing repair (USEPA 2016a:14).
Provide a tribal telephone hotline or website for customers to report leaks to Public Utilities (USEPA 2016a:14).
Research funding for a tribe-wide program to replace less water efficient appliances such as toilets, showerheads, and faucets, with more...
Provide sanitary installation information for outhouses/composting toilets, that use little to no water.
Add water line leak inspection as part of the Yurok Real Estate Division’s assignment review process (USEPA 2016a:16).
Develop tribal water use regulations with enforcement provisions to prosecute water waste and excessive water use.
Finalize adoption of Yurok Tribe Drought Contingency Plan and enforce water use restrictions during droughts.
Continue inspections and replace/repair of leaking public water system distribution lines.
Install production meters (amount of water entering the distribution system) and sales meters for all PWSs (Yurok Tribe 2015). Consider...
Seal intake structures with grout for Weitchpec, Ke’pel/Notchco, Wautec, and Kenick PWSs (Yurok Tribe 2015).
When installing new equipment, use pressure reducing valves & flow restrictors, to decrease leak volume (USEPA 2013b).
Optimize backwashing practices to lower water use during water supply treatment (USEPA 2013b).
