Name:
Email address: Phone number: Organization:
Job title/Organization position:
District location: Coastal Inland Other:
Section I: Drinking water system description
1. Describe the drinking water system you manage
a. Goal of the organization in terms of drinking water safety and access b. type in terms of piped, boreholes;
c. water sources (quantity/quality);
d. number of people served (describe consumer population)
2. Any other information about the system you’d like to share? Section II: Coastal characteristics and policies
1. Do you know of land characteristics that help reduce a. flood impacts? If yes, please describe.
b. Impacts from ocean waves? If yes, please describe. 2. Do you know of any man-made structures that reduce a. flood impacts? If yes, please describe
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c. What is their current working condition? (high performance, in need of repair?) 3. Do you know of laws/policies that protect against floods? Against high wave impacts? a. Are there any documents available to view these policies? Please list them
4. To the best of your knowledge,
a. why were these structures built (any particular disaster cause them to be built)? b. why were the policies developed?
Section III: Climate hazards on drinking water systems
1. To the best of your knowledge, have there been any high ocean waves (for example – caused by typhoons, storms, etc.) in the past 10 years? Please recall one to be used for the rest of the survey. If none in the past 10 years, please recall any occurrence of high ocean waves that may have
occurred previously, if any.
2. Was there rainfall during the period of this disaster? 3. For this disaster:
a. Describe how the drinking water system was affected.
b. Were people able to obtain drinking water from these systems during the disaster? If no, how long before people were able to get water? What did people do to access water during this period?
4. In the past 10 years, has there been a period of heavy rainfall with no high ocean waves (storm surge)? Please recall just one rainfall occurrence. If none in the past 10 years, please recall any occurrence of heavy rainfall with no high ocean waves that may have occurred previously, if any. a. Describe how the heavy rain affected the drinking water system.
b. Were people able to obtain drinking water from these systems during the disaster? If no, how long before people were able to get water? What did people do to access water during this period?
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5. In the past 10 years, has there been a period of high ocean waves (storm surges) with no rain? Please recall just one occurrence. If none past 10 years, please recall one that may have occurred previously, if any.
a. Describe how this disaster affected the drinking water system.
b. Were people able to obtain drinking water from these systems during the disaster? If no, how long before people were able to get water? What did people do to access water during this period?
Section IV: Drinking water system adaptation
1. Describe what has been done to make the drinking water system work/perform when there are:
a. heavy rains? b. High ocean waves? c. Floods?
d. any other kind of disaster?
Section V: Enablers and barriers to adaptation of drinking water systems
1. For the things you described above that make your system work during and after climate disasters, what things enabled their development?
2. For the things you described above that make your system work during and after climate disasters, what challenges made their development hard?
3. Does the government play a role in making the system work during and after disasters? If yes, please describe.
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1. What are your goals as an organization when it comes to making sure the drinking water system works during disasters?
2. Are you aware of any methods employed by other water utilities to make their systems work during disasters?
3. What are some things that can be done to further protect drinking water systems against a. high ocean waves?
b. Against heavy rainfall? c. Against floods?
4. What are some reasons these are not being done currently? 5. What can be done to make it possible?
Section VII: Additional information
1. Is there a way for utilities and government officials to work together to promote measures that protect the drinking water system against climate disasters?
2. Is there any additional information you would like to provide about climate effects of drinking water systems or mechanisms that can reduce negative effects?
181 GOVERNMENT INTERVIEWS Name: Email address: Phone number: Organization:
Job title/Organization position:
District location: Coastal Inland Other:
Section I: Historical climate data & Policies
1. Is there a record for climate disasters that have affected this community/region/country? 2. Are there any policies on climate change in the country? If yes, please describe
a. is the policy document available? If yes, please list the documents
3. Are there any policies on climate change for the water sector? If yes, please describe. a. is the policy document available? If yes, please list the documents
4. Are there any policies on climate change for coastal areas? If yes, please describe. a. is the policy document available? If yes, please list the documents
Section II: Coastal characteristics and policies
1. Do you know of land characteristics (e.g. mangroves, wetlands, marshes, etc.) in your region that help reduce:
a. flood impacts? If yes, please describe
b. Impacts from high ocean waves? If yes, please describe.
2. Do you know of any man-made structures (e.g. seawalls, dykes, levees, etc.) that reduce c. flood impacts? If yes, please describe
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c. What is their current working condition? (high performance, in need of repair?) 3. Do you know of laws/policies that protect against floods? Against high wave impacts? d. Are there any documents available to view these policies?
4. To the best of your knowledge,
e. why were these structures built (any particular disaster cause them to be built)? f. why were the policies developed?
Section III: Enablers and barriers to adaptation policies
1. For the climate change policies you described above, what factors helped their development? 2. For the climate change policies you described above, what challenges made their
development hard?
3. Describe the role of other organizations in developing these policies Section IV: Additional information
1. Is there a way for utilities and government officials to work together to promote measures that protect the drinking water system against climate disasters?
2. Is there any additional information you would like to provide about climate effects of drinking water systems or mechanisms that can reduce negative effects?