오바마 대통령은 ‘장기 가뭄 회복력을 위한 국가 능력 구축에 대한 대통령 각서(Presidential Memorandum on Building National Capabilities for Long-Term Drought Resilienc)’를 발표했다.

각서에는 “물 도전과제는 미국 전역의 자치단체 및 지역들이 직면하고 있는 문제로, 수백만 명의 삶에 영향을 미치는 동시에 수십억 달러의 비용 손실을 가져오고 있다”는 내용이 포함되어 있다. 서부지역에서 발생한 전례 없는 가뭄, 남동부 지역의 심각한 홍수, 플린트시 수질위기 등 최근 현상들은 미국 수자원 및 인프라에 관한 국가차원의 대담을 이끌어냈다.

 

 

 

President Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum on Building National Capabilities for Long-Term Drought Resilience.

 

From the Memorandum: "Water challenges are facing communities and regions across the United States, impacting millions of lives and costing billions of dollars in damages. Recent events, including record-breaking drought in the West, severe flooding in the Southeast, and the water-quality crisis in Flint, MI, have elevated a national dialogue on the state of our Nation’s water resources and infrastructure."

 

The Memorandum, which comes on the the heels of World Water Day and the first-ever White House Water Summit, lays out six drought-resilience goals and corresponding actions, and permanently establishes the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) as an interagency task force responsible for coordinating execution of these actions.

 

The Administration is also releasing the NDRP’s Long-Term Drought Resilience Federal Action Plan, describing specific activities that Federal agencies will take to build national drought-resilience capabilities in accordance with the goals and actions of the Presidential Memorandum.

 

These combined efforts will improve drought monitoring and forecasting, improve rural access to drinking water, and improve the coordination and integration of Federal programs.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 3월 22일]