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Toward Operationalizing Equity in Water Infrastructure Services: Developing a Definition of Water Equity
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-4757
Access to clean, reliable water services is not a guarantee for all U.S. communities. The challenges related to such service failures have inequitable impacts on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. How equity is defined and operationalized in water-sector infrastructure is inconsistent across the literature and in practice. This inconsistency can make it challenging to hold utilities accountable for unequal distributions of burden (e.g., lack of affordability and poor water quality). As such, this study seeks (1) to determine how equity is currently defined and used in the water sector, (2) to develop a definition that can be used to incorporate equity into water-sector infrastructure, and (3) to understand attitudes toward equity of water-sector professionals. We conduct a qualitative analysis of relevant media articles, survey responses, and semi-structured interviews with water-sector professionals. We propose a definition of equity in water that is informed by the results of this analysis. Categories emerge that can be leveraged to create vertical equity solutions, such as addressing intermittent supply and water-quality issues in vulnerable communities. The definition may be used to operationalize, metricize, and benchmark equitable water policy and practices at all levels of decision making (e.g., federal, state, and local) to ensure an equitable water future.
This study provides a definition of water equity to serve as a step toward operationalizing equity in the provision of water services.
Toward Operationalizing Equity in Water Infrastructure Services: Developing a Definition of Water Equity
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-4757
Access to clean, reliable water services is not a guarantee for all U.S. communities. The challenges related to such service failures have inequitable impacts on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. How equity is defined and operationalized in water-sector infrastructure is inconsistent across the literature and in practice. This inconsistency can make it challenging to hold utilities accountable for unequal distributions of burden (e.g., lack of affordability and poor water quality). As such, this study seeks (1) to determine how equity is currently defined and used in the water sector, (2) to develop a definition that can be used to incorporate equity into water-sector infrastructure, and (3) to understand attitudes toward equity of water-sector professionals. We conduct a qualitative analysis of relevant media articles, survey responses, and semi-structured interviews with water-sector professionals. We propose a definition of equity in water that is informed by the results of this analysis. Categories emerge that can be leveraged to create vertical equity solutions, such as addressing intermittent supply and water-quality issues in vulnerable communities. The definition may be used to operationalize, metricize, and benchmark equitable water policy and practices at all levels of decision making (e.g., federal, state, and local) to ensure an equitable water future.
This study provides a definition of water equity to serve as a step toward operationalizing equity in the provision of water services.
Toward Operationalizing Equity in Water Infrastructure Services: Developing a Definition of Water Equity
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-4757
Access to clean, reliable water services is not a guarantee for all U.S. communities. The challenges related to such service failures have inequitable impacts on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. How equity is defined and operationalized in water-sector infrastructure is inconsistent across the literature and in practice. This inconsistency can make it challenging to hold utilities accountable for unequal distributions of burden (e.g., lack of affordability and poor water quality). As such, this study seeks (1) to determine how equity is currently defined and used in the water sector, (2) to develop a definition that can be used to incorporate equity into water-sector infrastructure, and (3) to understand attitudes toward equity of water-sector professionals. We conduct a qualitative analysis of relevant media articles, survey responses, and semi-structured interviews with water-sector professionals. We propose a definition of equity in water that is informed by the results of this analysis. Categories emerge that can be leveraged to create vertical equity solutions, such as addressing intermittent supply and water-quality issues in vulnerable communities. The definition may be used to operationalize, metricize, and benchmark equitable water policy and practices at all levels of decision making (e.g., federal, state, and local) to ensure an equitable water future.
This study provides a definition of water equity to serve as a step toward operationalizing equity in the provision of water services.
Toward Operationalizing Equity in Water Infrastructure Services: Developing a Definition of Water Equity
Osman, Khalid K. (Autor:in) / Faust, Kasey M. (Autor:in)
ACS ES&T Water ; 1 ; 1849-1858
13.08.2021
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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