[미국] 환경보호국, 홍수관리 툴 출시

환경보호국이 지역사회의 홍수 발생을 예방하고 복구를 돕는 새로운 툴을 발표했다.
Flood Resilience Checklist는 홍수발생지역의 토지 보호, 지역을 더 안전하게 하는 개발, 녹색 시설 사용을 통한 접근, 폭우 관리를 위한 빗물정원 설치 등 지역주민이 고려해야 하는 전략을 제공한다. 이 프로그램은 새로운 리포터 '버몬트의 홍수복구와 장기 회복을 위한 계획 : 재난회복 지역을 위한 스마트 성장 접근'의 한 부분이다.

이 보고서는 환경보호국의 일년간 버몬트에서 진행된 Smart Growth Implementation Assistance 프로젝트의 성과이다. 버몬트에서 환경보호국과 연방 긴급사태 관리청(FEMA), 주 기관은 함께 열대폭우로부터 지역 사회의 복구를 돕기 위해 노려해왔다. 비록 프로젝트가 버몬트에 초점을 맞췄지만 정책 대안과 보고서의 checklist는 많은 홍수지역을 도울 것으로 예상한다.

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new tool to help communities prepare for, deal with and recover from floods.

Called the Flood Resilience Checklist, the technology offers strategies that communities can consider, such as conserving land in flood-prone areas; directing new development to safer areas; and using green infrastructure approaches, such as installing rain gardens, to manage stormwater. The checklist is part of a new report, "Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont: Smart Growth Approaches for Disaster-Resilient Communities.

The report is a product of EPA's year-long Smart Growth Implementation Assistance project in Vermont where EPA worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state agencies, including the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, to help communities recover from Tropical Storm Irene. Although the project focused on Vermont, the policy options and checklist in the report can help any community seeking to become more flood resilient.

"Flood risk in New England is increasing with climate change. We have seen severe impacts from floods across our region, and we must be thinking about how to prepare for the next big storm," said EPA Regional Administrator Curt Spalding. "Parts of the Mad River Valley have focused on implementing locally specific smart growth techniques when rebuilding after Tropical Storm Irene. These efforts have contributed to this checklist that will help flood-prone communities think through these issues and come up with the solutions that work best for them."

As part of the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance project, FEMA and EPA also supported the development of Vermont State Agency Policy Options, a report that provides more detailed suggestions for how Vermont state agencies can coordinate their efforts to plan for, respond to and recover from floods.

EPA will host a webinar (found here) on lessons learned from the Vermont project on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The webinar will feature speakers from FEMA, the state of Vermont and the Mad River Valley Planning District.

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 7월 10일]