This cooperative agreement, funded with $1,880,000 from the infrastructure investment and jobs act, provides the rand corporation with incremental funds of $1,120,000 to create an integrated toolkit…

This cooperative agreement, funded with $1,880,000 from the infrastructure investment and jobs act, provides the rand corporation with incremental funds of $1,120,000 to create an integrated toolkit of easy-to-use guidance materials, web-based tools, and references for integrating climate considerations into stormwater planning, management, and/or design as well as enhancements to chesapeake BAY modeling. Federal funds of $760,000 are contingent upon availability. Activities:the activities that will be performed under this award include: (1) developing a vulnerability assessment tool for local communities in the chesapeake BAY watershed; (2) developing guidance to accompany the existing intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curve tool, including a tool that supports decision-making; (3) developing a guidance manual that includes resilient design adaptations and implementation options for stormwater infrastructure and restoration practices; and (4) providing analysis on the impact of future hydrology on a range of widely used best management practices (bmps) in the chesapeake BAY watershed.subrecipient:rand corporation will subaward funds to support outreach and training, development of a scope of work for generating new climate-informed IDF curves, and BMP modeling activities.outcomes:this agreement supports the chesapeake BAY watershed agreement's climate resiliency goal and advances efforts of the chesapeake BAY program (CBP) partnership to maintain the resilience of current stormwater bmps and to advance stormwater management, design, and implementation practices that consider future climate and the IDF curves. The expected outcomes are increased understanding of the impact of future hydrology on stormwater bmps and improved decision-making and leadership by the CBP partnership in responding to climate change conditions and other future water quality challenges. Beneficiaries include the CBP partnership, stormwater designers and planners, and environmental decision-makers within the chesapeake BAY watershed.