| dc.description.abstract | This review paper examines a variety of methodologies that underpin current
water planning in the United States – spanning the city, state, and Federal scales –
and identifies ways in which changing realities and greater interdependencies
between various different critical infrastructures are driving the need for new
water planning approaches and processes. Specifically, new sources of uncertainty
and their implications are examined, and challenges relating to water supply,
allocation, decision making, safety and security, and the information and
processes of planning are delineated.
In this context, the usefulness of adding scenario planning to current water
planning processes is assessed, and ways in which it can be implemented
effectively are described. Opportunities for One Water planning to be augmented
by critical infrastructure planning and enhanced risk mitigation are also discussed.
Recommendations are articulated that are relevant to states, cities, and utility
agencies, in order to ensure that they are more resiliently prepared for a
substantially more uncertain planning environment in the future, with particular
attention to critical infrastructure for water and for other services and the
interrelationships between them. | en_US |
