Learning from California’s Experience with Small Water System Consolidations: A Workshop Synthesis
Learning from California’s Experience with Small Water System Consolidations: A Workshop Synthesis
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学习加州小型供水系统整合的经验：研讨会综合
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2018
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M. Kiparsky
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N. G. Nylen;Camille Pannu;M. Kiparsky
作者(S)：格林·尼伦，内尔；潘努，卡米尔；基帕斯基，迈克尔|摘要：加州承认获得安全、负担得起的饮用水的人权。然而，小型和弱势社区可能会发现，为实现这一目标所需的供水系统提供资金尤其具有挑战性。小型供水系统是该州饮用水质量违规的主要原因，加州估计有300个弱势社区的供水系统未能达到州饮用水标准。供水系统整合可以创造规模经济，帮助解决小型和弱势社区持续存在的供水系统不足问题。加州已经完成或正在进行100多个整合项目，未来可能会有更多的社区寻求整合。虽然合并为不可靠的供水系统所服务的社区提供了许多潜在的好处，但与不同的合并方案相关的成本和收益尚未得到很好的记录。在本届立法会议期间，立法者提出了几项立法建议，以满足与合并相关的明显需求。该项目开始总结过去和当前的合并努力--以及它们提供的经验教训--目的是帮助加快以成本效益的方式解决近期水需求和长期水系统的复原力。2018年3月在加州大学伯克利分校举办了为期一天的研讨会，旨在确定加州迄今在小型水系统整合方面的经验教训和新出现的问题。这份文件综合了促进对话的情况，探讨了推动和影响合并的因素。报告列举了有效合并的障碍，并确定了克服这些障碍的可能解决办法，突出了哪些实体可能最适合执行这些障碍。除了为进一步开展建设性和包容性对话奠定基础外，这项工作还旨在为立法和行政政策建议以及未来研究议程的发展提供信息。
Author(s): Green Nylen, Nell; Pannu, Camille; Kiparsky, Michael | Abstract: California recognizes a human right to safe, affordable drinking water. However, small and disadvantaged communities can find it especially challenging to fund the water systems necessary to achieve this goal. Small water systems are responsible for the bulk of the state’s drinking water quality violations, and an estimated 300 disadvantaged communities in California are served by systems that fail to meet state drinking water standards.Water system consolidations can create economies of scale that help address persistent water system inadequacies in small and disadvantaged communities. More than 100 consolidation projects have been completed or are ongoing in California, and many more communities are likely to pursue consolidations in the future. While consolidation offers many potential benefits for communities served by unreliable water systems, the costs and benefits associated with different consolidation options have not been well documented. During the current legislative session, legislators have introduced several legislative proposals to address perceived needs related to consolidation.This project begins to take stock of past and current consolidation efforts—and the lessons they provide—with the goal of helping to accelerate cost-effective solutions for near-term water needs and long-term water system resilience. A daylong workshop held at UC Berkeley in March 2018 aimed to identify key lessons learned and emerging issues from California’s experience to date with small water system consolidations. This document synthesizes that facilitated dialogue, exploring the factors that drive and influence consolidations. It enumerates barriers to effective consolidations and identifies potential solutions for overcoming those barriers, highlighting which entities may be best situated to implement them.In addition to laying the foundation for further constructive and inclusive dialogue, this work aims to inform the development of legislative and administrative policy proposals and a future research agenda.