Climate Resilience Evaluation & Awareness Tool (CREAT)

Water sector utilities can use this tool to help them consider how events such as sea level rise, shifting precipitation patterns, temperature changes, and extreme weather may impact their assets and operations. The tool presents five modules to help users consider climate impacts and identify adaptation options to increase resilience. 

CREAT helps utilities evaluate potential impacts to their assets using both traditional risk assessment and scenario-based decision making. The tool also provides data for comparing local historical conditions with downscaled climate model projections for the future. Following the assessment, CREAT provides a series of risk reduction and cost reports that enable the user to evaluate various adaptation options as part of long-term planning.

The tool's Training and Engagement Center offers a set of short videos to help users get started. Users are required to register in order to use this no-cost web-based tool.