Q&A
Building standards and government regulation for groundwater management
1:28:16
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78 sec
Council Member Avilés and Commissioner Aggarwala discuss the intersection of building standards and government regulation in addressing groundwater issues. They explore the potential need for updated standards in light of climate change impacts.
- Avilés emphasizes the need for up-to-date building standards that account for climate change impacts
- Aggarwala acknowledges the city's collective responsibility to address groundwater issues
- The discussion touches on the roles of various city departments, including Buildings and City Planning, in setting standards
Alexa Avilés
1:28:16
No.
1:28:17
Thank you for that.
1:28:17
And what I hear you're saying is certainly industry standards in terms of building should be very clear and up to date around climate change impacts.
1:28:27
I guess where what I'm wondering is where building standards, meets kind of regulatory government engagement.
1:28:40
So I guess what I'm trying to figure out there is, like, how how does government set the standards in protection given we know what the trajectory will continue to be, and it sounds like you've started that work with with USGS.
1:28:54
But it seems like it will probably be more and more.
1:28:57
If the city continues to experience more particular flooding.
Rohit T Aggarwala
1:29:02
I think you are certainly correct in saying that this is something that collectively the city has to take into account You know, we we are excited to get this information from USGS.
1:29:15
You know, the building standards, as you know, are are led by the Department of Buildings and in some cases by the Department of City Planning.
1:29:25
And it may be that at some point, we have to think about groundwater, the way we are beginning to think about storm water, the way that we have now dealt with coastal.
