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VI.
Training and Outreach
The Office of Water will continue and expand current work to provide training to water
program managers on climate change issues and to ensure strong communication and
coordination among EPA water program offices, regional offices, other Federal agencies, and
stakeholders. These training and outreach materials are addressed in Goal 17 of the 2012
Strategy.
Training
The Office of Water will continue to work to provide training on climate change impacts on
water resources, and especially on the impacts on clean water and drinking water programs.
Some key actions the Office of Water will take include:
‣ Update the Climate Change and Water training module included as part of the EPA
Watershed Academy online training program and promote this climate change and
water training with EPA water program staff in national and regional offices;
‣ Continue the monthly Climate Change and Water Seminar Series which invites experts
in climate change and water issues to speak to EPA Headquarters and Regional staff;
‣ Continue to support the Climate Change Module at the EPA Water Quality Standards
Academy that presents an overview of climate change impacts on water resources and
climate change vulnerability considerations for managers;
‣ Participate in the Agency workgroup tasked with developing a general training tool for
EPA staff addressing climate change adaptation challenges;
‣ Work with Regions to develop a model presentation that EPA regional water programs
can use to describe the climate change and water issues generally, with a focus on the
implementation of the National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate
Change; and
‣ Sponsor an all-hands meeting of the Office of Water after the completion of the EPA
Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan to generally familiarize all staff with
the challenges that climate change poses and to describe the new Agency
Implementation Plan with special emphasis on the 2012 Strategy for the National Water
Program and this Office of Water Implementation Plan.
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