Making waves: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 anthropause in the Netherlands on urban aquatic ecosystem services provisioning and management

Armstrong, Margaret; Bahçeci, Hazal Aksu; Donk, E. Van; Dubey, Asmita; Frenken, Thijs; Belay, Berte M. Gebreyohanes; Gsell, Alena S.; Heuts, Tom S.; Kramer, Lilith; Lürling, Miquel; Ouboter, Maarten; Seelen, Laura; Teurlincx, Sven; Raman, Nandini Vasantha; Zhan, Qing; Domis, Lisette de Senerpont

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2022.118934

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“…In recent decades, management reforms have been implemented worldwide for sustainable environmental governance in the context of increasing global concerns about environmental degradation (Zhang and Wen, 2008;Voulvoulis et al, 2017;Nesshover et al, 2017). However, existing efforts have been challenged by global environmental changes, especially intensifying climate change (Glaeser, 2022;Sharifi and Khavarian-Garmsir, 2020;Armstrong et al, 2022). These changes have brought unparalleled upheaval to global environmental sustainability over the past century (Leal et al, 2022;Martin-Arias et al, 2020;Peng et al, 2023).…”

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Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

Liu,

Zheng,

Zhao

2024

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Water demand management adopts economic and non-economic measures to reduce human water use. However, it is argued in this study that water use changes may cause idle water supply facilities and revenue losses, thereby challenging the sustainability of water supply systems in the context of climate change. A co-governance framework was established to inspire practical strategies of sustaining water supply systems by re-evaluating the long-term impacts of water demand changes. This framework adopts a broader view of water demand management by integrating the political, financial, and consumptive needs of the government, the market, and the users in the form of a collaborative strategy coupling both supply-side and demand-side solutions. The proposed framework was applied to the analysis of the sustainability of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project. It is found that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is not a simple water supply infrastructure but rather a synthesis of supply-side and demand-side water management solutions. Actively releasing water for ecological and cultural purposes is suggested in this study to maintain the socio-ecological benefits of the project in the context of human water use decline. The economic cost of the water supply could be recovered by ongoing revenues that include not only the water fees charged to users but also the benefits gained from cooperative investment in broader water-related businesses by both the state-owned water transfer company and local governments in water-receiving areas. The proposed framework and strategies are valuable for other water utilities around the world, especially those challenged by reduced water demand caused by climate change, high water prices, and economic depression.

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Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

Liu,

Zheng,

Zhao

2024

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Lower availability of oxygen causes a larger methanogenic zone and increases CH 4 emissions. In the Netherlands, many urban waters are considered to have low water quality due to phosphate and ammonia loading, yearly algal blooms, and excessive human activity like boating and recreation (Teurlincx et al 2019 , Armstrong et al 2022 ). Therefore, urban canals have the potential to be a substantial source of CH 4 in the Netherlands (Stanley et al 2016 , Peacock et al 2021 ).…”

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Methanotrophic potential of Dutch canal wall biofilms is driven by Methylomonadaceae

Pelsma,

Verhagen,

Dean

et al. 2023

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

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Global urbanization of waterways over the past millennium has influenced microbial communities in these aquatic ecosystems. Increased nutrient inputs have turned most urban waters into net sources of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). Here, canal walls of five Dutch cities were studied for their biofilm CH4 oxidation potential, alongside field observations of water chemistry, and CO2 and CH4 emissions. Three cities showed canal wall biofilms with relatively high biological CH4 oxidation potential up to 0.48 mmol gDW−1 d−1, whereas the other two cities showed no oxidation potential. Salinity was identified as the main driver of biofilm bacterial community composition. Crenothrix and Methyloglobulus methanotrophs were observed in CH4-oxidizing biofilms. We show that microbial oxidation in canal biofilms is widespread and is likely driven by the same taxa found across cities with distinctly different canal water chemistry. The oxidation potential of the biofilms was not correlated with the amount of CH4 emitted but was related to the presence or absence of methanotrophs in the biofilms. This was controlled by whether there was enough CH4 present to sustain a methanotrophic community. These results demonstrate that canal wall biofilms can directly contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gases from urban canals.

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Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

Liu,

Zheng,

Zhao

2023

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Abstract. Water demand management adopts economic and non-economic measures to reduce human water use. However, it is argued in this study that water use changes may cause idle water supply facilities and revenue losses, thereby challenging the sustainability of water supply systems in the context of climate change. A co-governance framework was established to inspire practical strategies of sustaining water supply systems by re-evaluating the long-term impacts of water demand changes. This framework integrates the political, financial, and consumptive needs of the government, the market, and the users through a collaborative strategy coupling both supply-side and demand-side solutions. The proposed framework was applied to the analysis of the sustainability of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project. It is found that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is not a simple water supply infrastructure but rather a synthesis of supply-side and demand-side water management solutions. Actively releasing water for ecological and cultural purposes is suggested in this study to maintain the socioecological benefits of the project in the context of human water use decline. The economic cost of the water supply could be recovered by ongoing revenues that include not only the water fees charged to users but also the benefits gained from cooperative investment in broader water-related businesses by both the state-owned water-transfer company and local governments in water-receiving areas. The proposed framework and strategies are valuable for other water utilities around the world, especially those challenged by reduced water demand caused by climate change, high water prices, and economic depression.

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Making waves: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 anthropause in the Netherlands on urban aquatic ecosystem services provisioning and management

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

Methanotrophic potential of Dutch canal wall biofilms is driven by Methylomonadaceae

Reframing water demand management: a new co-governance framework coupling supply-side and demand-side solutions toward sustainability

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