Improve smart-salting by reducing chloride use in winter maintenance and dust suppressants to prevent permanent surfacewater and groundwater pollution.
Conduct or support multi-party community conversations, assessments, plans and actions around improving local water quality and quantity.
Budget for and achieve resilient urban canopy/tree planting goals.
Include requirements in comprehensive and/or other plans for intergovernmental coordination addressing regional land use and watershed / wellhead impacts, infrastructure, transportation, economic development and city/regional services.
Adopt best practices for urban tree planting/quality; require them in private developments and/or use them in at least one development project.
Conduct a Natural Resource Inventory or Assessment (NRI or NRA); incorporate protection of priority natural systems or resources such as groundwater through the subdivision or development process.
Optimize energy and chemical use at drinking water/wastewater facilities and decrease chloride in wastewater discharges.
Protect water supply and wastewater treatment facilities to reduce physical damage and sustain their function during extreme weather events.
Protect public buildings and natural/constructed infrastructure to reduce physical damage and sustain their function during extreme weather events.
Encourage private sector action and incentivize investment in preventive approaches that reduce risk and minimize impacts of extreme weather and the changing climate for human health and the built environment.
