Implement strategies and capital projects to increase adaptive and resilient water infrastructure, and improve water quality.

STRATEGIES

WS-11.1 Ensure that capital planning, design and construction of water infrastructure projects incorporate resilience and water quality considerations.

WS-11.2 Identify, incorporate and prioritize preferred climate adaptation improvement projects for water supply, wastewater systems, stormwater management and flood protection as part of capital improvement plans. Advance new projects and include resilience as part of all infrastructure investments. Consider utilizing business cases to help diversify methods and projects.

WS-11.3 Identify existing underperforming water infrastructure (e.g. coastal water control structures) and implement adaptation strategies, potentially using dynamically-adaptive strategies that facilitate targeted investments, support managed performance, and achieve greater flexibility in system operations and future water resource management alternatives.

WS-11.4 Mitigate additional inputs to the wastewater systems by encouraging greywater reuse systems in new developments.

WS-11.5 Increase capacity for greywater reuse at the municipal level and the use of treatment wetlands to manage additional wastewater.