Net Zero Urban Water from Concept to Applications: Integrating Natural, Built, and Social Systems for Responsive and Adaptive Solutions

• DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00180
• Publication Date: 2020-12-23T05:07:22Z
• Authors: Courtney Crosson; Andrea Achilli; Adriana A. Zuniga...; Elizabeth A. Mack; Tamee Albrecht; Padmendra Shrestha; Dominic L. Boccelli; Tzahi Y. Cath; Glen T. Daigger; Jennifer Duan; Kevin E. Lansey; Thomas Meixner; Stephanie Pincetl; Christopher A. Scott
• Keywords: Resilience; Social system

Innovation in urban water systems is required to address drivers of change across natural, built, and social systems, including climate change, economic development, aged infrastructure. Water are complex socio-technical that interact with biophysical supply reclaim water. We present a vision for enhancing system resilience through net zero (NZUW) approach, which meets the needs given community locally available sustainable supply, without detriment interconnected or long-term supply. NZUW an integrative approach progressive targets assessed using quantitative framework expand adaptive responsive solutions self-sufficiency. Decision makers can use understand trade-offs between future interventions spatial temporal scales. overall applications, research gaps.