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Special Collection on The COVID-19 Pandemic and Water Resources
Guest Editors:
Emily Zechman Berglund, North Carolina State University
Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, [email protected]
Ehsan Shafiee, Xylem Inc.
Chief Engineer, Digital Solutions, Xylem, [email protected]
Juneseok Lee, Manhattan College
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471, [email protected]
Jakobus E van Zyl
Watercare Chair in Infrastructure, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, [email protected]
The COVID-19 pandemic created new norms in daily lives for people across the globe. Due to the need to reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, communities adopted social distancing practices, such as working from home and reducing or eliminating travel. The effects of new behaviors around social distancing have been experienced across many economic and public service systems, including water utilities, water resources, and water infrastructure. The water sector was affected by changes in water use and monitoring and changes to the workforce, which created new dynamics in the hydraulic performance of pipe networks, the quality of piped water and natural resources, water system operations and management, and water utility revenue and financial stability. These changes have created new questions around the management of all aspects of water resources systems. This Special Collection demonstrates new data, research questions, methodological approaches, and solutions that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. These publications generate new insight to prepare for future pandemics or related extreme events that imperil water resources infrastructure operation and maintenance.
Papers in this Collection
Effect of Human Mobility Changes due to COVID-19 on Stream Water Quality in Watersheds with Different Predominant Land Uses
Lesmes A. M. Jerez, S.M.ASCE;
Andrea L. Welker, Ph.D., F.ASCE;
Stanley J. Kemp, Ph.D.; and
Virginia B. Smith, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Published online: July 27, 2023
Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Water Consumption in São Paulo State, Brazil
Gabriel Marinho e Silva; Tassiana Halmenschlager Oliveira; Rafael Santos Carvalho;
Hailton Cesar Pimentel Fialho; Felipe Augusto Arguello de Souza; Eduardo Mario Mendiondo; and
Filippo Ghiglieno
Published online: August 27, 2022
Smart Water Meters Can Save Lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Elad Salomons, S.M.ASCE; and Mashor Housh, M.ASCE
Published online: February 22, 2022
Modeling in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Overcoming the Water Sector’s Data Struggles to Realize the Potential of Hydraulic Models
Helena R. Tiedmann, S.M.ASCE;
Lauryn Spearing, A.M.ASCE;
Lina Sela, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Kerry Kinney, Ph.D.;
Mary Jo Kirisits, Ph.D.; Lynn E. Katz, Ph.D.
Jessica Kaminsky, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and
Kasey M. Faust, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Published online: March 24, 2022
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Water Utility Operations and Vulnerability
Emily Zechman Berglund, M.ASCE;
Steven Buchberger, M.ASCE;
Maria Cunha, M.ASCE;
Kasey M. Faust, A.M.ASCE;
Marcio Giacomoni, M.ASCE;
Erfan Goharian, A.M.ASCE; Yehuda Kleiner, M.ASCE;
Juneseok Lee, M.ASCE;
Avi Ostfeld, F.ASCE; Fayzul Pasha, M.ASCE;
Jorge E. Pesantez, A.M.ASCE;
Juan Saldarriaga, A.M.ASCE; Ehsan Shafiee;
Lauryn Spearing, A.M.ASCE; Jakobus E. van Zyl; and
Y. C. Ethan Yang, A.M.ASCE
Published online: March 31, 2022
An Agent-Based Model for Contamination Response in Water Distribution Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leonid Kadinski, S.M.ASCE;
Emily Zechman Berglund, M.ASCE; and
Avi Ostfeld, F.ASCE
Published online: May 31, 2022
Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Emily Zechman Berglund, M.ASCE;
Nathalie Thelemaque;
Lauryn Spearing, A.M.ASCE;
Kasey M. Faust, A.M.ASCE;
Jessica Kaminsky, M.ASCE;
Lina Sela, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE;
Erfan Goharian, A.M.ASCE;
Ahmed Abokifa;
Juneseok Lee, M.ASCE;
Jonathan Keck;
Marcio Giacomoni, M.ASCE; Jakobus E. van Zyl; Brendon Harkness;
Y. C. Ethan Yang, A.M.ASCE;
Maria Cunha, M.ASCE;
Avi Ostfeld, F.ASCE; and Leonid Kadinski, S.M.ASCE
Published online: March 09, 2021