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The Need for Integrating Governance, Operations, and Social Dynamics into Water Supply/Distribution Modelling

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Water systems in the US are experiencing increasing challenges because of poor governance, unsustainable fiscal policies, an aging workforce, new environmental regulations, and concerns over environmental justice. These challenges will only increase if the specific constraints and barriers to system viability are not first identified and then translated into new policies and best management practices to ensure system sustainability, reliability, resilience, and equity of services. This paper proposes a methodology to accomplish this objective that integrates agent-based models, water distribution models, and sustainability performance models within a larger system dynamics framework.

DOI: 10.3390/engproc2024069012

Authors: Lindell Ormsbee, Diana Byrne, Nicholas Magliocca

Institutions: University of Kentucky, University of Alabama

Language: English

Topic: Water Systems and Optimization

Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: gold

Funder: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Award: G5304180114