Speakers

Will Veatch, PhD, PH

Will Veatch leads the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice (CPR CoP), a community of 250+ professionals who help mainstream climate preparedness into all USACE missions, operations, programs, and projects. Prior to leading the CPR CoP, Mr. Veatch worked as a hydrologist in the USACE New Orleans District beginning in 2008, where his duties included river forecasting, data management, and supporting engineering studies and designs with statistical analyses of river flow, precipitation, and coastal water levels. He is a national Subject Matter Expert in the areas of sea level change adaptation and inland hydrology nonstationarity, is a member of numerous interagency teams, and has served on international partnership missions in the Netherlands, Brazil, and South Korea. Mr. Veatch holds a BA in Environmental Studies (Hydrology focus) from the University of Colorado, an MS in Hydrology from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa. He is a registered Professional Hydrologist with the American Institute of Hydrology.

Presentation Description

Climate change impacts the water cycle in complex and varied ways, with multifaceted impacts to water resources infrastructure. As the Federal Government's primary implementer of that infrastructure, USACE must consider climate change impacts when planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining projects to ensure they will perform across the lifecycle despite uncertain future climate conditions. This talk will begin by outlining how USACE approaches climate preparedness and resilience generally, and then focus on considerations for the Mississippi Valley region in particular.

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