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Redefining the US Infrastructure Challenge
Author(s) -
Monsma David
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2010.tb03007.x
Subject(s) - water infrastructure , critical infrastructure , clarity , sustainability , green infrastructure , environmental planning , business , urban infrastructure , political science , engineering , water supply , urban planning , civil engineering , environmental science , environmental engineering , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , law , biology
This article was excerpted from a report of the Aspen Institute's Dialogue on Sustainable Water Infrastructure in the United States. In 2008 and 2009, the Aspen Institute convened a multistakeholder dialogue to provide clarity and promote leadership on maintaining and replacing pipes, treatment plants, and other critical infrastructure. The article focuses on shared values and differing positions that led to new thinking about an expanded definition of water infrastructure, and investments that are needed to provide a more holistic approach to sustainable water infrastructure. The article provides an insert on elements for a sustainable path to 21st century water infrastructure, that discusses principles that urban utilities or storm water agencies should strive to achieve in each of 20 areas deemed critical to financial and environmental sustainability.