'Getting ready for the Anthropocene: overcoming obstacles on the development path for municipal water and sanitation services' with Prof Dale Whittington
Cities go through three phases on their development path to deliver improved municipal water and sanitation services to their customers.

Globally cities can be found in all three phases, but even cities far along on this development path are rarely prepared for what is coming in the Anthropocene.

Municipal water utilities in many locations are facing water scarcity and will need an improved policy mix to reduce their raw water withdrawals and avoid ‘Day Zeros’. The results of a systems optimisation model illustrate the magnitude of the reductions in raw water withdrawals that are possible in a circular urban water system and the trade-offs between reduced raw water withdrawals and system-wide costs.

This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Initiative.

REGISTRATION

To register to join the event live in-person in Oxford: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/getting-ready-for-the-anthropocene

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Date: 21 October 2024, 12:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Speaker: Dale Whittington (University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford Martin School Events
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/getting-ready-for-the-anthropocene
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editors: Clara Bowyer, Hannah Mitchell