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CIRCA Resilient Connecticut Project Factsheet

CIRCA, along with state agencies, regional Councils of Governments (COGs), and municipalities, initiated the Resilient Connecticut project in 2018. This project initially focused on areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy in New Haven and Fairfield Counties, but has since expand[1]ed to the rest of Connecticut. Activities include science-based risk assessments, community outreach, and pilot project designs. Products include maps, policy recommendations, and research. The goal of this work is to help decision makers prepare for changes in heat, flooding, and precipitation and advance planning for more resilient housing, transportation, and healthy communities.

CIRCA’s Resilient Connecticut Program Factsheet – Spanish Version

CIRCA, junto con agencias estatales, Consejos de Gobierno regionales (COG) y municipios, iniciÛ el proyecto Resilient Connecticut en 2018. Este proyecto se centra en las comunidades afectadas por la supertormenta Sandy en los condados de New Haven y Fairfield. Las actividades incluyen evaluaciones de riesgos basadas en la ciencia, alcance comunitario y diseÒos de proyectos piloto. Los productos incluyen mapas, recomendaciones de politicas e investigaciÛn acadÈmica. El objetivo de este trabajo es ayudar a quienes toman decisiones a prepararse para cambios en calor, inundaciones y precipitaciones, y planificaciÛn anticipada para viviendas m·s resilientes, transporte y comunidades saludables

Stormwater and Climate Resilience Factsheet

As the climate changes and precipitation becomes more intense, the impacts of stormwater runoff will become more frequent, severe, and widespread. Regulations to protect the environment require municipalities, developers, industry, and large commercial sites to take action to reduce stormwater entering waterways, but when storms are severe, the existing infrastructure may be inadequate. One way communities can address pollutants in runoff and improve resilience to extreme precipitation events is to upgrade stormwater management practices and infrastructure. But this takes dedicated funding

Stormwater and Climate Resilience – Spanish Version

A medida que el clima cambia y las precipitaciones se vuelven m·s intensas, los impactos de la escorrentÌa de aguas pluviales se volver·n m·s frecuentes, severos y generalizados. Las regulaciones para proteger el medio ambiente requieren que los municipios, los promotores, la industria y los grandes sitios comerciales tomen medidas para reducir las aguas pluviales que ingresan a las vÌas fluviales, pero cuando las tormentas son severas, la infraestructura existente puede ser inadecuada. Una forma en que las comunidades pueden abordar los contaminantes en la escorrentÌa y mejorar la resiliencia a los eventos extremos de precipitaciÛn es mejorar las pr·cticas de gestiÛn de aguas pluviales y la infraestructura. Pero esto requiere fondos dedicados. øQuÈ es una Autoridad de Aguas Pluviales

Stormwater and Climate Resilience: Next Steps to Create a Municipal Stormwater Authority

In 2021, the Connecticut legislature passed P.A. 21-115 allowing municipalities to create a stormwater authority by enabling an existing commission or board or by establishing a new stormwater authority. Stormwater authorities are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as a tool for communities to finance and manage stormwater infrastructure and increase resilience to climate change impacts.

Energy Opportunities for Connecticut Municipalities in the Inflation Reduction Act Factsheet

The Inflation Reduction Act (ìIRAî), signed into law on August 16, 2022, was the largest climate change/clean energy investment bill ever passed in the United States. While private industry celebrated IRAís passage, it also includes significant benefits, both direct and indirect, for municipalities. Especially when applied in concert with the various Connecticut energy incentive programs, IRA provides an opportune moment for municipalities to consider local energy resilience and clean energy projects

Energy Resilience for Connecticut Municipalities

Inforgraphic on CT Public Act 20-5 which defines resilience as “the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover rapidly from deliberate attacks, accidents or naturally occurring threats or incidents, including, but not limited to, threats or incidents associated with the impacts of climate change.”