A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions
Access to clean and reliable water is critically important for health, well-being, and economic development. The natural, built, and social systems – which interact with each other and comprise the water system-of-systems – are threatened by intensifying hazards and stressors like crumbling infrastr...
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| author | Sunil K. Sinha Pierre Glynn Paolo Gardoni Pingbo Tang Meghna Sebens Caitlin Dyckman Jennifer Helgeson Jeffrey Berk Kenneth Thompson William Williams Walter Graf Srini Vallabhaneni Anas Malkawi Alex Baumann Chris Dermody Inge Wiersema Hugh Sinclair Celine Hyer Victoria Johnson Rebekah Eggers |
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| description | Access to clean and reliable water is critically important for health, well-being, and economic development. The natural, built, and social systems – which interact with each other and comprise the water system-of-systems – are threatened by intensifying hazards and stressors like crumbling infrastructure, floods, droughts, storms, wildfires, sea level rise, population growth, cyber threats, and pollution. Marginalized communities, including disadvantaged and rural communities and Tribal nations with insufficient access to clean water or regenerative sources of water, are often the most impacted. Responses to these issues are hampered by fragmented and uncoordinated governance and management. A multi-stakeholder structured engagement process at the SWIM conference and workshop held in December 2023 identified the most critical current and future issues facing the water sector and what needs to change to find solutions. This paper synthesized these issues. Highlighted issues were the vulnerability and lack of resilience of water systems to hazards and stressors, inequities associated with water scarcity, and water quality problems – all affected by climate change, land-use change, and socio-economic changes. The Smart One Water (S1W) vision provided an important context for the conference. This paper expands the S1W vision with a synthesis of discussions about S1W-related fundamental concepts, practices, and implementation barriers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49b28b9c9df346748b76759d0bd2cdb12025-08-20T03:41:39ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Water2755-17762025-01-01310.1017/wat.2025.1A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actionsSunil K. Sinha0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-4368Pierre Glynn1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-7003Paolo Gardoni2Pingbo Tang3Meghna Sebens4Caitlin Dyckman5Jennifer Helgeson6Jeffrey Berk7Kenneth Thompson8William Williams9Walter Graf10Srini Vallabhaneni11Anas Malkawi12Alex Baumann13Chris Dermody14Inge Wiersema15Hugh Sinclair16Celine Hyer17Victoria Johnson18Rebekah Eggers19Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management (SWIM) Center, https://ror.org/02smfhw86Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USAArizona State University, Consortium for Science, Policy, & Outcomes, Tempe, AZ, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USADepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USASchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USADepartment of Construction, Development, and Planning, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USAApplied Economics, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USAGlobal Strategies, GHD, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaRetired, Water Group, Jacobs, Dallas, TX, USAAsset Management, Black & Veatch, Kansas City, MO, USAAsset Management, Fairfax County, VA, USAWater, AECOM, Dallas, TX, USAAsset Management, HRSD, Virginia Beach, VA, USAExternal Communication, Xylem, Rye Brook, NY, USAOne Water, Jacobs, Dallas, TX, USAOne Water, Carollo, Walnut Creek, CA, USAAsset Management, Arcadis, Highlands Ranch, CO, USAAsset Management, Arcadis, Highlands Ranch, CO, USAVice President, HDR, Omaha, NE, USAClient Engagement and Innovation, IBM, Armonk, NY, USAAccess to clean and reliable water is critically important for health, well-being, and economic development. The natural, built, and social systems – which interact with each other and comprise the water system-of-systems – are threatened by intensifying hazards and stressors like crumbling infrastructure, floods, droughts, storms, wildfires, sea level rise, population growth, cyber threats, and pollution. Marginalized communities, including disadvantaged and rural communities and Tribal nations with insufficient access to clean water or regenerative sources of water, are often the most impacted. Responses to these issues are hampered by fragmented and uncoordinated governance and management. A multi-stakeholder structured engagement process at the SWIM conference and workshop held in December 2023 identified the most critical current and future issues facing the water sector and what needs to change to find solutions. This paper synthesized these issues. Highlighted issues were the vulnerability and lack of resilience of water systems to hazards and stressors, inequities associated with water scarcity, and water quality problems – all affected by climate change, land-use change, and socio-economic changes. The Smart One Water (S1W) vision provided an important context for the conference. This paper expands the S1W vision with a synthesis of discussions about S1W-related fundamental concepts, practices, and implementation barriers.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755177625000012/type/journal_articleSustainabilityResilienceManagementArtificial IntelligenceSmart One Water |
| spellingShingle | Sunil K. Sinha Pierre Glynn Paolo Gardoni Pingbo Tang Meghna Sebens Caitlin Dyckman Jennifer Helgeson Jeffrey Berk Kenneth Thompson William Williams Walter Graf Srini Vallabhaneni Anas Malkawi Alex Baumann Chris Dermody Inge Wiersema Hugh Sinclair Celine Hyer Victoria Johnson Rebekah Eggers A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions Cambridge Prisms: Water Sustainability Resilience Management Artificial Intelligence Smart One Water |
| title | A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions |
| title_full | A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions |
| title_fullStr | A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions |
| title_short | A just and equitable water future for all in an ever-changing environment: An urgent call for accelerated actions |
| title_sort | just and equitable water future for all in an ever changing environment an urgent call for accelerated actions |
| topic | Sustainability Resilience Management Artificial Intelligence Smart One Water |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755177625000012/type/journal_article |
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