Tribe: Yurok Tribe
View Source Document: Yurok Tribe: Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Water and Aquatic Resources
Year: 2014
Topic: Water system management adaptation strategies
Develop outreach materials to inform community members about the signs and dangers off waterborne pathogens.
Explore agreements or obtain rights to water sources that may become important in the future with climate change.
Devise/update Water Pollution Control Plan to strengthen protections of water quantity & quality (WHO 2012).
Identify and repair leaks in all systems to minimize water loss and contaminant infiltration (WHO 2012).
Finalize Yurok Environmental Ordinance that specifies human sewage dumping regulations (WHO 2012).
Plan for increased staffing requirements for future climate change. More monitoring time may be needed, more emergency personnel may be...
Consider developing Yurok ordinance to require owners to fence in livestock.
Increase storage capacity by adding additional tanks for private and public systems.
Develop Yurok standards for septic systems governing minimum distance between leach field bottom and top of the groundwater table considering...
Investigate methods to enhance natural ground water storage, for example through the use of permeable surfaces so that rainfall can...
Upgrade the land use plan to include source water protection actions (Yurok Planning Department).
Investigate the installation of off-grid power sources in upriver systems to allow for the use of remote sensing monitoring instruments...
