Smart Cities & Communities: Water Challenges in Smart Cities

Dentons Global Smart Cities & Communities Think Tank, Fall 2019

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Sept. 15, 2019

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Casey Wichman, Ann Bartuska, Matt Ries, and Tristen Townsend

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1 minute

Abstract

Americans have come to expect clean, abundant fresh water for domestic consumption, irrigation, industrial needs, infrastructure and transportation systems, healthy ecosystem functions, and recreational opportunities and tourism on our rivers, streams, and lakes. As the proportion of the US population living in urban areas continues to grow, domestic and industrial demand for water will increase and compete with other uses of water. Irrigation for agriculture, for example, is one of the largest users of fresh water, both surface water and groundwater, in the United States. The availability of fresh water in the specific qualities and quantities needed by different, competing users is becoming increasingly problematic.

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Chapter co-authored by Bartuska and Wichman, "Water Challenges in Smart Cities," begins on page 34.

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Casey J. Wichman

University Fellow

Casey Wichman is a university fellow at RFF. He performs research at the intersection of environmental and public economics, with an emphasis on examining the ways in which individuals make decisions in response to environmental policies.

Ann M. Bartuska

Senior Advisor

Ann M. Bartuska is a senior advisor at RFF. Her research focuses on natural resources and forestry, especially a consideration of natural climate solutions through forests and agricultural lands.

Matt Ries

Director, Sustainability and Watershed Management DC Water

Tristen Townsend

Sustainability and Watershed Management Intern DC Water

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