Se desarrolló una metodología, con un enfoque integral (geológico, estadístico, hidrológico, hidroquímico, interacción suelo-agua), que a partir de la caracterización hidroquímica cualquier acuífero permite identificar y establecer manera consistente su relación los tipos suelo procesos hidrogeoquímicos asociados las interacciones suelo-agua del lugar. aplicó dicha metodología por primera vez e...

In the multi-barrier approach that water industry uses to protect public health, distribution systems are a vital link between utilities and their customers. The more customers system has, it can spread out costs improve services, yet every customer expects receive safe, continuous supply throughout system. addition minimizing leaks managing demands, do lot publicly reinforce importance of pipe...

The affordability of water service is a large and growing challenge for the sector. Utilities are facing substantial costs to upgrade infrastructure treat emerging contaminants concern, but also grappling with how fund these efforts without disproportionately impacting customers. So discussions around at household level important not only in strategic planning day-to-day operation systems, stat...

Anticipating population growth and future droughts, many water systems with supply constraints have implemented potable reuse or are studying its potential. The technology operations well understood, once conservation efficiency efforts maximized, may be the most feasible option for communities. As full-scale has become a reality over past 20 years, there been campaigns to engage public both ag...

As populations grow and climates change, the water challenges that some regions will face over next 50 years may become existential threats. Water system sustainability need to rely on adaptation strategies address a range of challenges, from near-term threats flooding long-term struggles with drought. shortages are particular worry, current alarm in many areas shows how regional effects hotter...

A fundamental component of industrialization is centralization. Economies scale are achieved by consolidating smaller, individual activities into larger, collective efforts managed a specialist group or community with pooled resources. The benefits centralization well demonstrated in the water industry—larger communities typically have more customers to share costs and resources available manag...

About five years ago I was surprised to learn there growing enthusiasm around crypto, mainly because for the roughly 20 before that, Crypto widely understood in water industry refer Cryptosporidium, a waterborne parasite that causes severe diarrheal disease. But now, crypto has place world of finance. In English, is an adjective meaning hidden, secret, or concealed, and anatomy it refers pit re...

On matters of sustainability, the complement to resilient recovery is adaptive adjustment. Many water industry's efforts focus on a system's ability maintain services and recover from disruptions, but just as important are understand when how change things situations fall unexpectedly outside norm. All considered, industry has proved extremely challenges latest pandemic, it also shown remarkabl...

I find that when people talk about water, they how feel are around it—the tranquil sense achieve as look at the ripples on a lake, crashing waves beach, or meandering bends in river. They share their joy of swimming fishing it, boating it. Rarely, however, do engineering marvel delivering water to home place business. What does tell us? AWWA's Water 2050 program is charting future year 2050. It...