Options Database

Explore more than a thousand resilience-building solutions considered by other communities. Each option is tied to specific hazards and assets, compiled from recent climate adaptation and resilience plans published in the United States.

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Option	Hazards	Assets
Work with local planning departments to establish setback requirements that help prevent or prevent impacts from erosion or landslides. Use large setbacks when building roads near slopes of marginal stability.	Landslides Erosion and Shoreline Recession	Transportation and Mobility
Work with local, state and federal partners to update floodplain data, maps, policies and programs to reflect climate change projections and variability and improve floodplain function.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General	Multiple or All Assets
Work with local water utilities, suppliers and regional partners to identify critical water needs and develop water supply plans that consider alternate sources, consider the use of regional water supplies, include drought contingencies and describe water conservation guidelines and thresholds.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water
Work with neighboring elected officials to establish wildfire mitigation requirements for large-scale areas.	Wildfire	Agriculture and Food Supply Water Infrastructure – Wastewater Natural Areas and Wildlife Property
Work with neighboring muncipalities and regional partners to adhere to and adopt new design standards	Flooding – Coastal	Multiple or All Assets
Work with nonprofits and universities to create outreach and training materials about agricultural practices that increase diversity and drought resistance.	Drought	Agriculture and Food Supply
Work with partners (federal, state and local) annually to reevaluate science for appropriate SLR planning levels.	Flooding – Coastal	Multiple or All Assets
Work with partners, neighboring communities and state and local agencies (e.g., public works, highway departments, developers) on reducing water pollution.	Water Quality	Water Infrastructure – General Multiple or All Assets
Work with a regional organization like a Council of Government to help the surrounding jurisdictions work together to form a regional stormwater utility that uses fee-based services that help pay for flood risk reduction projects across the region.	Flooding – General	Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Work with the local emergency management office to create a community warning or public notification system for when wildfires are imminent.	Wildfire	People
Work with the sewer district to identify infiltration and inflow issues within sewer lines to reduce sewer entering stormwater systems.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – General Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Work with the state to communicate air quality to impacted communities.	Air Quality	People
Work with the water utility to keep and update data on source-specific water supplies. Establish and implement sector-appropriate outreach mechanisms when water levels get low.	Changing Seasons Drought	Agriculture and Food Supply Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water
Work with the water utility to monitor water loss in water supply systems through leak detection programs and sensors. Make improvements based on monitoring data. For example, improvements might minimize breaks and leaks and ensure water use is metered. Leak detection sensors alert utilities to faults and failures along distribution pipelines or in water storage facilities, enabling rapid action to reduce loss of vital drinking water supplies.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Property
Work with utilities and community partners to develop a weatherization program for renters. Doing so will reduce heating and cooling bills, especially as high temperature days and nights become more common.	Severe Winter Weather Extreme Heat	People Property
Work with utility companies to address local impacts of power operations.	Air Quality	Energy and Utilities
Work with utility companies to increase energy sources that do not depend on water.	Drought Extreme Heat	Energy and Utilities
Work with utility companies to increase the amount of electricity from renewable sources to improve air quality, diversify power sources and increase the resilience of the power grid.	Air Quality High Winds Extreme Heat	Energy and Utilities
Work with villages and property owners to relocate septic systems and public and private drinking water wells that are at risk due to floods.	Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – General Property
Write regulations encouraging the use or integration of living shorelines where feasible.	Erosion and Shoreline Recession Flooding – Coastal	Water Infrastructure – Wastewater