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 (View All Topics in the Plan)
Educate community members and marijuana growers about the dangers of spreading harmful algal blooms by transferring water from the Klamath...
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.
Ensure that adequate disinfectant levels without excessive disinfection byproducts are maintained in PWS storage and distribution systems as these may...
Develop and recruit governing board to insure PWS maintenance, monitoring, and procedures required by US Safe Drinking Water Act requirements...
Investigate whether remotely monitored and operated package plant water treatment systems could be useful in a Yurok context and increase...
If cost of installing distribution lines is prohibitive, explore Point of Entry treatment systems (home treatment systems) run by a...
Modify treatment processes to handle increased sediment loads, for example by building detention ponds to allow solids to settle before...
If harmful algal blooms become an increasing problem, investigate the possibility of modifying treatment processes to include powdered activated carbon...
