Publications by authors named "Miriam E Hacker"
As climate change and rapid urbanization stress our aging water infrastructure, cities are under increasing pressure to develop more flexible, resilient, and modular water management systems. In response, onsite water reuse practices have been adopted by several cities globally. In addition to technological innovation, these novel water treatment systems also require new stakeholder collaborations, relationships, and processes to support them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScientists are increasingly exploring on-site water systems to supplement conventional centralized water and wastewater infrastructure. While major technological advancements have been achieved, we still lack a systematic view on the non-technical, or institutional, elements that constitute important barriers to the uptake of on-site urban water management systems. This paper presents a conceptual framework distinguishing between institutional barriers in six key dimensions: , , , , , and .
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- When populations are displaced due to disasters, water and wastewater utilities struggle to provide services, particularly if local infrastructure was already under strain.
- The paper offers an integrated approach to create resilient water and wastewater systems that bridge the gap between humanitarian response and long-term development (referred to as the humanitarian-development nexus).
- Through interviews with municipalities in Lebanon, the study identifies challenges across physical, social, financial, and institutional aspects, suggesting policy areas like utility pricing to enhance infrastructure resilience and contribute to sustainable development.