Building resilience to extreme weather and climate events in the rural water and wastewater sectors

Extreme weather and climate events pose significant risks to rural water and wastewater systems. We examine the vulnerability of the water sector to weather and climate extremes in rural, predominantly Indigenous and underserved coastal areas and analyze how networks support resilience. Drawing on t...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 1511 - 1528
Main Authors:	Kettle, Nathan P., Trainor, Sarah F., Edwards, Renee, Antrobus, Donald, Baranowski, Curt, Buxbaum, Tina, Berry, Kevin, Brubaker, Michael, De Long, Kristine L., Fries, Steve, Holen, Davin, Keim, Barry, Meeker, Danielle, Penn, Harry, Rosa, Cheryl, Thoman, Rick, Walsh, John, Zhang, Jian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Middleburg Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-12-2023
Subjects:	Climate Coastal zone Data collection Emergency preparedness Emergency procedures Emergency response Extreme weather Indigenous and underserved communities Resilience rural Social factors Social networks Social organization Vulnerability Wastewater Wastewater management water and wastewater systems Weather weather and climate extremes
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Summary:	Extreme weather and climate events pose significant risks to rural water and wastewater systems. We examine the vulnerability of the water sector to weather and climate extremes in rural, predominantly Indigenous and underserved coastal areas and analyze how networks support resilience. Drawing on the analysis of 39 web‐based questionnaire responses and 19 interviews with rural water and wastewater managers and service providers in southern Louisiana and western Alaska, this article reports a range of interrelated historical, environmental, and social factors that influence vulnerability to extreme weather events. Formal and informal social networks serve multiple roles in building resilience. These roles include building technical and financial capacities, supporting emergency response and operational‐ to long‐term planning, fostering data collection and monitoring, supporting information sharing and innovative research, and providing institutional support. Results from this research enrich our understanding of the social, relational, and networking processes that condition community resilience to extreme weather events.
Bibliography:	Paper No. JAWR‐21‐0171‐P of the Discussions are open until six months from publication (JAWR). Journal of the American Water Resources Association .
ISSN:	1093-474X 1752-1688
DOI:	10.1111/1752-1688.13151