A Systems Approach to Municipal Water Portfolio Security: A Case Study of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

Rushforth, Richard; Messerschmidt, Maggie; Ruddell, Benjamin L.

doi:10.3390/w12061663

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“…Most PMA municipalities draw water from three main physical water sources: the Colorado River, the Salt-Verde River system, and the large, interconnected groundwater aquifer underlying the metro area. However, while many municipalities have access to all three sources, some municipalities, typically newer ones on the outer edge of the metropolitan area, may not have access to SRP or CAP water (Rushforth et al, 2020). Of the many municipalities comprising metropolitan Phoenix, we include twelve in this study (Figure 1): Apache Junction, Avondale, Buckeye, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe.…”

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Water Productivity of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Cities

Ruddell

Rushforth²,

Hope³

2022

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Abstract. Water productivity (or efficiency) data informs water policy, zoning and planning along with water allocation decisions under water scarcity pressure. This paper demonstrates that different water productivity metrics lead to different conclusions about who is using water more effectively. In addition to supporting the population's drinking and sanitation needs, water generates many other public and private social, environmental, and economic values. For the group of municipalities comprising the Phoenix Metropolitan Area we compare several water productivity metrics by calculating the Water Value Intensity (WVI) of potable water delivered by the municipality to its residential and non-residential customers. Core cities with more industrial water uses are less productive by the conventional efficiency measure of water used per capita, but core cities generate more tax revenues, business revenues, and payroll revenues per unit of water delivered, achieving a higher water productivity by these measures. We argue that policymakers should consider a more diverse set of socio-economic water productivity measures to ensure that a broader set of values are represented in water allocation policies.

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Water Productivity of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Cities

Ruddell

Rushforth²,

Hope³

2022

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“…Hence, the impact of infrastructure on UR tends to increase when subjected to external shocks (Wang et al, 2018). In addition, in the water resources resilience, the explanatory power of residents' water-saving efficiency, sewage and wastewater treatment on UR increases year by year, which indicates that they have a crucial impact on improving the risk resistance of cities (Matthews et al, 2016;Rushforth et al, 2020;Yang et al, 2020). However, due to the large population and intensive resource consumption, the city is facing difficulties such as the lack of balance both supply and demand of water resources and the finite bearing capacity of water environment, which weakens the city' power when facing external shocks (Zhu and Chang, 2020).…”

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Evaluate Urban Resilience in Light of Water Resources and Identify Critical Driving Factors-a Case Study from the Yangtze River Economic Belt's Lower Reaches

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The acceleration of urbanization created a series of problems such as water shortage crisis and serious water pollution which brought the vulnerability of urban water resources, thus affected the economic and social development of city and increased risk of external impact on the urban system. Therefore, improving urban resilience (UR) from the viewpoint of water resources plays an essential role in resisting external shocks. Our paper based on 21 cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt’s (YREB) lower reaches relevant data from 2010 to 2018, constructs a new UR evaluation framework of “Economy-Society-Infrastructure-Water Resources”. Then the Projection Pursuit Evaluation Model of Real Coding based on Accelerating Genetic Algorithm (RAGA-PP) is used to measure the UR scientifically, Geographic Detectors (GD) method detected and analyzed the UR driving factors. The results present that: (1) The general level of UR in study area was low and characterized by attenuation from central cities to marginal cities, among them Shanghai is the highest (0.651), while Chizhou is the lowest (0.178). The resilience of cities along the YREB’s lower reaches shows a downward trend. (2) Compared with the UR without considering water resources, the UR from the perspective of water resources is relatively higher. Which means that cities along the YREB’s lower reaches have enhanced their ability to deal with external pressure and impact from the perspective of water resources. (3) Water resources and Infrastructure were two factors affected the spatial diversity of UR along the YREB’s lower reaches in 2018 and their average explanatory power of factors increased by 30.610% and 139.035% respectively; the explanatory power of Economy (5.270%) and Society (1.342%) were relatively smaller. With these findings our paper provides relevant suggestions to enhance UR along the YREB’s lower reaches from the perspective of water resources.

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“…The following papers by Morley and Savic [8], and Rusforth et al [9], deal with water scarcity. Morley and Savic offer an optimization approach to the "Lower Thames Control Diagram", a set of control curves subject to a large number of constraints.…”

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Application of the Systems Approach to the Management of Complex Water Systems

Simonović́

2020

Water

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This paper provides an introduction to, and an overview of, the Special Issue on the application of systems approach to the management of complex water systems. The main motivation in proposing this Special Issue was that today, more than ever, we need a systems approach to assist in dealing with the difficulties introduced by the increase in the complexity of water resource problems, consideration of environmental impacts, and the introduction of the principles of sustainability. This issue offers an opportunity to review applications of the systems approach to water resource management and draw lessons from worldwide experience relevant to future water problems. The Special Issue includes 15 contributions that offer an interesting view into contemporary problems, approaches, and issues related to management of complex water resources systems. It will be presumptuous to say that these 15 contributions characterize the success or failure of the systems approach to support water resources decision-making. However, these contributions offer some interesting lessons from the current experience and trace possible future work directions.

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A Systems Approach to Municipal Water Portfolio Security: A Case Study of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

Cited by 6 publications

References 51 publications

Water Productivity of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Cities

Water Productivity of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Cities

Evaluate Urban Resilience in Light of Water Resources and Identify Critical Driving Factors-a Case Study from the Yangtze River Economic Belt's Lower Reaches

Application of the Systems Approach to the Management of Complex Water Systems

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