Resilience of Water Supply in Practice : : Experiences from the Frontline.

Resilience of Water Supply in Practice : : Experiences from the Frontline.

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The aim of this book is to examine and provide insights into how water service providers apply resilience in practice. The growing threat of urban water shortages, gives more reason to understand how water resilience works in practice. This book will present a collection of case studies on how insti...

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Morris-Iveson, Leslie.
TeilnehmendeR:
Day, St. John.
Place / Publishing House:London : : IWA Publishing,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Editors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 ABOUT THIS BOOK
  • 1.2 WATER SUPPLY RESILIENCE: CONCEPTS AND CONSIDERATIONS
  • 1.3 WHY RESILIENT WATER SUPPLY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE NEW NORMAL
  • 1.4 IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHEN SERVICES ARE NOT RESILIENT
  • 1.5 IMAGINING A RESILIENT WATER SUPPLY
  • 1.6 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
  • 1.7 RESILIENT WATER SUPPLY
  • 1.8 STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2: Building water resilience into strategy: The Cape Town drought
  • ABSTRACT
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 CONTEXT 2.3 INSTITUTIONS
  • 2.4 MINIMISING SPILLAGE
  • 2.5 MINIMISING WASTAGE
  • 2.6 RESTRICTING DEMAND
  • 2.7 TIMELINE
  • 2.8 DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
  • 2.8.1 Managing dam storage
  • 2.8.2 Managing demand
  • 2.8.3 Accelerating augmentation
  • 2.9 ANALYSIS OF IMPACT
  • 2.9.1 Safe access to water and sanitation
  • 2.9.2 Wise use
  • 2.9.3 Sufficient, reliable water from diverse sources
  • 2.9.4 Shared benefits from regional water resources
  • 2.9.5 A water-sensitive city
  • 2.10 CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES Chapter 3: Transforming a water company to improve service levels and resilience: Lessons from Sierra Leone
  • ABSTRACT
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 OVERVIEW
  • 3.3 CHALLENGES OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLY AND UTILITY REFORM
  • 3.4 APPROACHES FOLLOWED
  • 3.5 AQUARATING ASSESSMENT
  • 3.6 INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
  • 3.7 INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 3.8 ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR
  • 3.9 OUTCOMES
  • 3.10 KEY LESSONS
  • 3.10.1 Ownership of the change process
  • 3.10.2 Political commitment
  • 3.10.3 Infrastructure performance
  • 3.11 INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS TAKE TIME
  • 3.12 COMMUNICATION WITH CUSTOMERS 3.13 SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4: Mobilising the public to reduce household water use in Essex and Suffolk Water
  • ABSTRACT
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING HOUSEHOLDWATER USE IN THE UK
  • 4.3 CURRENT WATER EFFICIENCY ENGAGEMENT APPROACHES IN THE UK WATER INDUSTRY
  • 4.3.1 Technical water efficiency engagement
  • 4.3.2 Educational water efficiency engagement
  • 4.3.3 Combined water efficiency engagement
  • 4.3.4 Sociotechnical water efficiency engagement
  • 4.4 WATER EFFICIENCY EDUCATION IN ESW 4.4.1 The home visit campaign during AMP6: barriers faced and practice improvements made
  • 4.4.2 Maximising the links between household space, water saving devices, and water efficiency messaging
  • 4.4.3 Enhancing behavioural change education in the engagement process
  • 4.4.4 Maximising plumbers as a channel of communication
  • 4.4.5 Customer insight development and use in practice improvement
  • 4.5 THE HOME VISIT CAMPAIGN DURING AMP7: NEW CHALLENGES AND ADAPTATIONS
  • 4.5.1 New challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic
  • 4.5.2 The virtual water efficiency home visit campaign.

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