A decision network for urban water management

Veldkamp, Robin G.; Hermann, T.M.; Colandini, V.; Terwel, Lucie; Geldof, Govert D.

doi:10.2166/wst.1997.0652

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“…By more closely emulating a closed loop cycle, synergistic opportunities can be identified and cities can be more sustainable while contributing towards climate resilience. In the urban environment, integrated water management seeks total system solutions through these primary principles: (1) minimizing the amount of pollution generated and discharged, (2) using/reusing water as close to its point of origination as possible, and (3) closely matching the required water quality for its intended use [10,11]. Collectively, these key principles enable IUWM to potentially establish a water management paradigm that meets the needs for contemporary and future challenges in the urban setting.…”

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Water supply resilience in coastal communities: using DPSIR to assess the next urban water paradigm

Díaz¹,

Yeh²

2015

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Issues related to growing urban populations, protecting the environment and adapting to the changing climate cannot be ignored, especially when it comes to providing reliable water supply to urban areas. Cities worldwide must look to shift away from the traditional urban water management paradigm, characterized by a fragmented approach, and shift to form a new paradigm; one that manages the urban water cycle as a single resource, satisfying contemporary issues and adapting to future needs. Understanding the anticipated effects of future issues is key before a new paradigm can be formed. This paper analyses the potential impacts to vulnerable urban water supply in the coastal realm by using the DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) framework. Dunedin, a highly urbanized coastal city (on the Gulf coast of Florida, USA) is used as a case study to map out drivers, pressures, potential impacts and successful responses to water related issues. In doing so, this case study serves to showcase IUWM (Integrated Urban Water Management) as the future urban water paradigm and provides practical lessons learned for resilient cities of the future. Where most IUWM case studies in literature explore only greywater and wastewater reuse, this paper evaluates the entire urban water cycle beginning with the sustainable extraction of groundwater through discharge. As a nearly closed loop system, Dunedin's challenges and responses provide an optimistic case for IUWM.Innovative groundwater management strategies, investment in infrastructure technology and aggressive recycling and conservation have contributed toward greater sustainability and resilience.

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confidence: 99%

Water supply resilience in coastal communities: using DPSIR to assess the next urban water paradigm

Díaz¹,

Yeh²

2015

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…Asano and Levine (1996) provide a historical perspective and explore current issues in wastewater reclamation, recycling, and reuse. Veldkamp et al (1997) suggest that reuse of WWF close to the point of generation will yield more sustainable systems.…”

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Research Needs in Urban Wet Weather Flows

Heaney¹,

Wright²,

Sample³

1999

Water Environment Research

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The results of a national assessment of research needs in urban wet weather flow management are presented. Three interrelated categories of urban wet weather flow management are discussed: combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and urban stonnwater discharges. The initial compilation of wet weather flow research needs totaled 154 research projects, which was later reduced to 69 higher-priority research projects for which detailed literature reviews were compiled. From this group, 26 topics were selected as priority research topics. Within this paper, the results of the assessment were organized into the following ten categories: (I) sources and monitoring;(2) receiving water effects; (3) other effects; (4) management; (5) models and decision support systems; (6) watershed management linkages; (7) regulatory policies and financial aspects; (8) source controls; (9) collection system controls; and (10) storage/treatment systems. A summary of the authors' views on research needs within each category is provided. An expenditure of an estimated $20 to $40 million per year in the U.S. is needed to address the identified research needs. Water Environ. Re.'" 7],241 (1999),

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“…A new emphasis on sustainability in urban water management has led to a reevaluation of past urban design practices (Heaney et al 1999). Sustainable water systems, according to Butler and Parkinson (1997) and Veldkamp et al (1997) require:…”

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Integrated Management of Irrigation and Urban Storm-Water Infiltration

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Heaney

2006

J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage.

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New microscale techniques have become available to assist urban designers in better water management. Urban water management has focused on two different areas: stormwater, and water supply. The focus of stormwater management is shifting towards Low-Impact Development, which emphasizes better management of urban stormwater through reductions in postdevelopment runoff by increasing onsite infiltration. Water supply planning has been enhanced by the emergence of the field of end-use demand management; the focus of much of which has been on outdoor irrigation. Implementation of these two objectives requires evaluation of processes at smaller scales in order to focus on changes being contemplated at a parcel level. A modeling approach is presented which incorporates decentralized options for management of both stormwater and urban water supply. Management options that can be evaluated with this approach include restrictive irrigation policies and rainwater harvesting. A simpler model based upon SCS (Soil Conservation Service) hydrology is then calibrated to the more complex model using a commercially available nonlinear solver. A method for calculation of costs to the consumer and evaluation of total system cost is presented.

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A decision network for urban water management

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Water supply resilience in coastal communities: using DPSIR to assess the next urban water paradigm

Water supply resilience in coastal communities: using DPSIR to assess the next urban water paradigm

Research Needs in Urban Wet Weather Flows

Integrated Management of Irrigation and Urban Storm-Water Infiltration

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