The climate is warming as anthropogenic climate change continues to alter the planet and its atmosphere. Water infrastructure is a part of the human-built environment, and this system deals with disasters due to its construction. These disasters are inevitable, especially as the planet changes. The only way to deal with this chaos is through adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the water industry, these adaptations often fall on individual municipalities, as larger-scale change only happens through repeated and consistent large-scale actions. Due to the stressed environment of water workforces in the United States, specifically at the single-municipality level, adaptation efforts can be troublesome. Research efforts to promote adaptation at a more efficient level, meaning the water industry is using and providing water to its fullest extent with minimal losses, can lend assistance in the water realm in the U.S. This research project does so through a survey of water managers in Oklahoma and Texas, a region generally known as the Southern Plains, to analyze how climate change, infrastructure, and department obstacles are felt modernly. By uncovering what water managers go through on a day-to-day basis, this will help better shape policy and adaptation efforts to prepare future generations for a water-scarce environment. Major findings of this project show that most of the surveyed managers believe water is an underpriced resource, many utilities experience a myriad of vulnerabilities as the climate changes, and the majority of respondents do not incorporate climate data in their current long-range plans. Further findings illustrate that water sector workforce and pressure add hindrances to adaptation. In general, this project solidifies that many water systems in the U.S. need investment and organization to adapt. Future research should highlight the need for climatic data information in water municipality risk planning and continue to assess the water manager’s perspective, but also the point of view of the consumer.