Water Utilities and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Pandemic-Related Research
Water Utilities and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Pandemic-Related Research
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10.1061/9780784483954.052
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2022-03
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Nathalie Thelemaque;Lauryn A. Spearing;K. Faust;J. Kaminsky
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作者：
Nathalie Thelemaque;Lauryn A. Spearing;K. Faust;J. Kaminsky
为减少COVID-19疫情的传播，政府强制推行社交距离政策（SDP），停止非必要业务的营运，并改变包括水务设施在内的必要业务的营运。这一变化对于一些公用事业公司来说很难适应，因为SDP影响了供应链并改变了劳动力管理以及其他运营方面。在这里，我们重申，SDPs对水基础设施的弹性和技术性能有影响，并可能影响水基础设施的未来设计，建设和运营。然而，关于这一主题的文献很少。因此，我们完成了灰色和学术文献来源的文献综述，以了解流行病对水利基础设施的影响。我们发现，这些文献侧重于将COVID-19与水利基础设施、对公用事业的直接影响以及当前和未来缓解措施的建议联系起来。我们的研究指出了文献中的一个空白，即研究流行病对特定类型的供水设施的影响（例如，小，农村），并确定未来的研究机会（例如，将水设施的流行病影响与人口动态联系起来）。在这里，我们指出了潜在的水基础设施弹性问题，如果不进行干预，可能会对技术系统运行和公共卫生产生负面影响。
To reduce the spread of the COVID-19 disease, government mandated social distancing policies (SDPs) halted the operations of non-essential businesses and changed operations at essential businesses, including water utilities. This change was difficult for some utilities to adapt to as the SDPs impacted supply chain and altered workforce management, among other operational aspects. Here, we posit that SDPs have implications for water infrastructure resiliency and technical performance, and may impact the future design, construction, and operation of water infrastructure. However, there is a dearth of literature on this topic. Therefore, we complete a literature review of sources from gray and scholarly literature to understand the impact of pandemics on water infrastructure. We found that the literature focuses on contextualizing COVID-19 within water infrastructure, direct impacts to utilities, and recommendations for immediate and future mitigation. Our research points out a gap in the literature that examines pandemic impacts on specific types of water utilities (e.g., small, rural) and identifies future research opportunities (e.g., relating water utility pandemic impacts to population dynamics). Here, we point out potential water infrastructure resiliency problems that, without intervention, could negatively impact technical system operations and public health.