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Deferred Maintenance and Aging Infrastructure Threaten Water Sustainability, Reliability
Author(s) -
WallisLage Cindy
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2017.109.0005
Subject(s) - sustainability , business , intersection (aeronautics) , reliability (semiconductor) , environmental economics , water utility , water infrastructure , environmental resource management , risk analysis (engineering) , natural resource economics , environmental planning , water supply , engineering , economics , environmental science , transport engineering , environmental engineering , ecology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Recently surveyed water utility professionals indicate that the industry is facing challenges at the intersection of cost and customer expectation; strategic collaborations and alternative financing options can be leveraged to meet future demands.