Regional-temporal shortages and climate change impact analysis make it increasingly clear that adaptation strategies for water supply are necessary on a local to supraregional level. The ResilJetzt! project therefore aims to identify options for resilience to adapt water supply in shortage regions to climate change and to provide an infrastructure map of Germany.
Today, there are already regional-temporal shortages in the German water supply. Resilience in water supply is therefore also creating increasing attention from the public, politicians and experts. Findings from the climate change projections on water resource availability and the multi-sectoral water demand scenarios for Germany commissioned by the DVGW as part of the DVGW research program "Zukunft Wasser" (Future Water) are available on how water supply and demand will develop under changing climatic conditions in the near and distant future. Conclusions of the DVGW's climate change impact analysis make it clear that local to supraregional adaptation strategies will be necessary in infrastructure of the water sector and that the guiding principle of climate-resilient water supply infrastructure is an overarching future issue for public water supply.
In this newly structured project "Water supply in shortage regions: Infrastructure map of Germany and options to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate change" (ResilJetzt!) of the DVGW Future Program Water (TP2 - climate change and extreme events), resilience options for the adaptation of water supply in shortage regions are to be identified and provided on the basis of an infrastructure map of Germany. The project thus intends to raise awareness among local stakeholders, water utilities, associations, municipalities and authorities, to support them in their planning and to offer decision-making guidance for resilience options in future water shortage regions.
