Collaboration for source water protection in the United States: Community water systems engagement in nitrate pollution reduction

E Rauh, S Hughes - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Contaminated source water for cities contributes to negative human health impacts and
rising water treatment costs. Nutrient pollution is the primary source of surface water quality …

Resilience in water infrastructures: A review of challenges and adoption strategies

A Pamidimukkala, S Kermanshachi, N Adepu… - Sustainability, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
An increase in the number and strength of natural catastrophes experienced over the past
few decades has accelerated the damage sustained by infrastructures. Drinking water and …

Cascading system impacts of the 2018 Camp Fire in California: The interdependent provision of infrastructure services to displaced populations

LA Spearing, KM Faust - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020‏ - Elsevier
An often overlooked, cascading impact of disasters is displaced populations suddenly
arriving in neighboring communities. Due to a lack of front end planning, the infrastructure …

Challenges, drivers, and benefits to integrated infrastructure management of water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation systems

F Araya, S Vasquez - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Infrastructure systems are known to be interdependent systems; however, infrastructure
systems are typically managed individually by agencies in charge of these systems. The …

Concepts and practices for transforming infrastructure from rigid to adaptable

EJ Gilrein, TM Carvalhaes, SA Markolf… - Sustainable and …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Infrastructure are increasingly being recognized as too rigid to quickly adapt to a changing
climate and a non-stationary future. This rigidness poses risks to infrastructure service …

Drinking water utility-level understanding of climate change effects to system reliability

ZJ Lyle, JM VanBriesen, C Samaras - ACS Es&t Water, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Climate change hazards, including increased temperatures, drought, sea level rise, extreme
precipitation, wildfires, and changes in freeze–thaw cycles, are expected to degrade …

Impacts of COVID-19 social distancing policies on water demand: A population dynamics perspective

A Bakchan, A Roy, KM Faust - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Social distancing policies (SDPs) implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have
led to temporal and spatial shifts in water demand across cities. Water utilities need to …

Are wastewater systems adapting to climate change?

CJ Kirchhoff, PL Watson - JAWRA Journal of the American …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wastewater (WW) systems are vulnerable to extreme precipitation events; storm‐induced
WW system failures pollute the environment and put public health at risk. Despite these …

Public perceptions from hosting communities: The impact of displaced persons on critical infrastructure

F Araya, KM Faust, JA Kaminsky - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In 2016, there were over 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced. Such a
massive displacement of population creates challenges for host communities trying to …

Service recovery and innovation on customer satisfaction amidst massive typhoon-induced disruptions: The mediating role of SERVQUAL

DM Rivero, R Suson, A Arnejo, NM Atibing… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The adverse impact of unprecedented natural disasters on certain service operations is
inevitable, particularly in cases of massive disruptions. Managing these services during …