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Achieving Sustainability in Changing Times
Author(s) -
Lacey Marcia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2014.tb11291.x
Subject(s) - sustainability , business , order (exchange) , climate change , resource (disambiguation) , groundwater , environmental economics , hydraulic fracturing , environmental planning , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , environmental science , engineering , computer science , economics , petroleum engineering , finance , computer network , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology
Issues as diverse as aging water and wastewater infrastructure, resource availability, climate change, emerging contaminants, groundwater management, hydraulic fracturing, and many others must be addressed and managed well for utilities to remain sustainable. Business operations are now heavily influenced by well‐informed consumers, and managers must acquire new skills in order to effectively communicate with the public they serve.