One Water Communities: Self-Assessment Framework & Rating System (WRF #4969) Webinar

Cities throughout the world are transitioning toward the One Water approach to improve efficiency and reduce costs while addressing climate change impacts, extreme weather event resiliency, social equity, and environmental justice. This research aimed to help utilities and municipalities identify effective strategies and viable technological, policy, institutional, and financial pathways toward One Water. Specifically, the project created a rating framework and guidebook with key elements, indicators, and benchmarks to assess the progression toward One Water communities by considering benefits, co-benefits, and competing trade-offs. The rating framework explicitly includes information on policy, institutional, legal, financial, and technical factors that provide bridges or inhibit progress toward One Water Cities.

 

Speaker

Dr. Mazdak Arabi is the Borland Endowed Professor of Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and is also the Director of the One Water Solutions Institute (OWSI). His research, education, and engagement activities focus on the development of scientific approaches and analysis tools that enable integrated water resource management in a changing world. His primary expertise includes hydrologic assessment, watershed modeling, water quality control, and system identification and optimization. The mission of OWSI is to solve real-world water challenges via cutting-edge research and innovation. The institute coordinates synergistic activities and products of several research consortiums, including the Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN), CLEAN Nutrient Center, and Water & Climate Center.