Planning
On Thursday, Jul. 22, SRPC held its Resiliency Roundtable, a subcommittee of SRPC commissioners that focuses on the topic of resiliency in our communities, how can we prepare better for unforeseen events and how we can be more prepared to face future challenges.
With information gathered from a survey launched to town and city officials, planners, and public works teams, SRPC staff learned that the topic of local water supplies was a priority issue. In response, SRPC invited two guest speakers to the Jul. 22 Roundtable to discuss “Water Resiliency and the Region’s Future: Drought, Development and Day-to-Day Dependence.”
NHPR’s Annie Ropeik, who reports on environmental issues and Ted Diers, who runs NHDES’s Watershed Management Program gave a great presentation to SRPC commissioners, public works and engineering staff, conservation commission members and SRPC staff. During this lively, informative and topical discussion attendees learned about what drought is, challenges with water supply that communities are facing, how communities are affected, how to better prepare for inevitable droughts in the future and how the geology and topography of the region effect water conditions. Participants also learned that despite the substantial rain in recent weeks, our water table remains at significant risk, and discussed how municipalities can improve collaboration to address water issues.
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