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SFPUC climate workshop stresses adaptation: sea‑level, snowpack and extreme events need planning
Summary
At a climate‑change workshop David Behar and enterprise leads summarized observed warming, projected snowpack losses and rising sea levels, presented city inundation mapping and recommended adaptive management; wastewater staff warned of chronic Ocean Beach erosion threatening roughly $2 billion in assets.
David Behar, Climate Program Director for the Water Enterprise, told commissioners on Sept. 8 that ‘‘climate change is real’’ and that planning should distinguish observations from projections. Behar presented statewide and local data showing rising temperatures, stressed uncertainties in precipitation, and illustrated projected snowpack declines under moderate and high emission scenarios.
Behar emphasized extremes as an operational concern: while total precipitation in Northern California shows no clear trend, climate models indicate increases in both heavy‑precipitation events and multi‑year dry spells. For…
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