'Getting ready for the Anthropocene: overcoming obstacles...

21st Oct 2024 12:30 – 13:30

With Professor Dale Whittington, Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Initiative

Monday 21st October, 12.30pm – 1.30pm BST

Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School and online

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.

To register to join live online on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/getting-ready-for-the-anthropocene

To watch later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxHyNfVBblA View this event on the EAUC website →