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Committee hears bill requiring flood resilience plans from public water suppliers
Summary
House bill 5845 would require Rhode Island public water suppliers to prepare flood-resilience assessments and response plans; sponsor and staff said the measure would supplement existing water-supply planning to focus on climate-driven flood risks, but no vote or final action was taken.
House members heard testimony on House bill 5845 on the need for water-supply resilience planning to address flooding and other climate-driven risks to public drinking-water systems.
Representative Reed introduced the bill and turned the floor to a presenting witness identified in the record as Mr. Graf, who said the proposal “is intended to supplement existing legislation within the waters and navigation title of our general laws, specifically to have a greater focus on flood resilience rather than the existing water supply management plans currently in…
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