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)
Upgrade the land use plan to include source water protection actions (Yurok Planning Department).
Investigate methods to enhance natural ground water storage, for example through the use of permeable surfaces so that rainfall can...
Investigate the installation of off-grid power sources in upriver systems to allow for the use of remote sensing monitoring instruments...
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...
Ensure that adequate disinfectant levels without excessive disinfection byproducts are maintained in PWS storage and distribution systems as these may...
