NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: Water Infrastructure in the Arctic: Vulnerabilities at the Intersection of Social, Natural and Physical Systems

NNA 轨道 2：合作研究：北极水基础设施：社会、自然和物理系统交叉点的脆弱性

• 批准号: 2022666
• 负责人: Kasey Faust
• 金额: $ 18.99万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2022666&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNA; Track; Collaborative; Research; Water

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment, built environment, and social systems to address important societal challenges at this intersection, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages with local communities.Even when it exists, formal water infrastructure in rural Alaska often fails to provide an adequate level of service to Alaskan households and communities. Operating water infrastructure in the Arctic is particularly difficult due to the unique coupling between the engineered systems and the unusually extreme challenges from social and natural systems. The small and remote nature of communities present unusual logistical, financial, and workforce challenges, while an extreme and changing climate further complicates the technical work needed to operate and maintain the systems. Accordingly, this project integrates knowledge of the water service challenges, data needs, and workforce issues experienced by Arctic communities and develop approaches to address these challenges and needs with appropriate strategies. Results from the needs assessment are used in teaching modules, and the knowledge generated is being used to develop an educational phone and tablet app that can be used as a tool available for utilities in public outreach. Broadly, this project is reducing uncertainty surrounding the operations of Arctic water infrastructure under conditions of climate change, and in doing so identifies new places where research is urgently needed.Enabled by semi-structured interviews and focus groups, this planning grant is designed to forefront Alaskan community member and utility operator knowledge. The team is visiting three communities in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta to gather knowledge from individuals with diverse expertise, including treatment plant operators and the general public. Data are being transcribed and analyzed using emergent qualitative analysis to objectively explore questions discovered through a local needs assessment. Further, through team development using the Delphi method and concept modeling exercises, this grant is creating the research community needed to identify and address systemic problems facing Arctic water infrastructure and the people who use them. Knowledge is being returned to participating communities through professional organizations, anchor institutions, and public outreach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

新北极航行（NNA）是NSF的十大创意之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的趋同科学挑战。北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和地球仪的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA授权从地方到国际规模的新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持具有明确潜力的规划活动来实现这一目标的一部分，以开发新颖，前沿的研究思路和方法来实现NNA目标。它整合了自然环境，建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面，以解决这个交叉点的重要社会挑战，创造重要的教育机会，并与当地社区合作。即使存在，阿拉斯加农村的正规水基础设施也往往无法为阿拉斯加家庭和社区提供足够的服务。由于工程系统与来自社会和自然系统的异常极端挑战之间的独特耦合，在北极运营水基础设施尤其困难。社区的小而偏远的性质带来了不同寻常的后勤，财务和劳动力挑战，而极端和不断变化的气候使运营和维护系统所需的技术工作进一步复杂化。因此，该项目整合了北极社区所经历的供水服务挑战，数据需求和劳动力问题的知识，并制定了以适当战略应对这些挑战和需求的方法。需求评估的结果被用于教学模块，所产生的知识被用于开发一个教育手机和平板电脑应用程序，可用作公共宣传的工具。总的来说，该项目正在减少气候变化条件下北极水基础设施运营的不确定性，并在此过程中确定迫切需要研究的新地方。通过半结构化访谈和焦点小组，该规划拨款旨在推动阿拉斯加社区成员和公用事业运营商的知识。该小组正在访问育空地区Kuskokwim三角洲的三个社区，以便从具有不同专门知识的个人，包括处理厂经营者和一般公众那里收集知识。正在使用紧急定性分析对数据进行转录和分析，以客观地探讨通过当地需求评估发现的问题。此外，通过使用德尔菲方法和概念建模练习的团队开发，该赠款正在创建识别和解决北极水基础设施及其使用者面临的系统性问题所需的研究社区。知识通过专业组织、锚机构和公众宣传回馈给参与社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Drivers of Declining Water Access in Alaska

阿拉斯加供水量下降的驱动因素

• DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00167
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ACS ES&T Water
• 作者: Brown, Meredith J.;Spearing, Lauryn A.;Roy, Arkajyoti;Kaminsky, Jessica A.;Faust, Kasey M.
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey M.

What impacts water services in rural Alaska? Identifying vulnerabilities at the intersection of technical, natural, human, and financial systems

什么影响阿拉斯加农村地区的供水服务？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134596
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Cleaner Production
• 影响因子: 11.1
• 作者: Spearing, Lauryn A.;Mehendale, Prachi;Albertson, Leif;Kaminsky, Jessica A.;Faust, Kasey M.
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey M.

Interview Data from April 2022: End-Users' Perceptions of Water Services in Rural Alaska

2022 年 4 月采访数据：最终用户对阿拉斯加农村地区供水服务的看法

• DOI: 10.18739/a26q1sj48
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: NSF Arctic Data Center
• 作者: Spearing, Lauryn;LaPatin, Michaela;Ritsch, Nicola;Armanios, Daniel;Katz, Lynn;Pierce, Suzanne;Albertson, Leif;Faust, Kasey
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey

Understanding Differences in User Preferences across Water Systems in Rural Alaska

了解阿拉斯加农村地区不同供水系统的用户偏好差异

• DOI: 10.1061/9780784484852.049
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2023
• 作者: Ritsch, Nicola;Tariq, Miriam;LaPatin, Michaela;Armanios, Daniel;Faust, Kasey;Albertson, Leif
• 通讯作者: Albertson, Leif

Interviews with Water Sector Stakeholders in Rural Alaska, 2021-2022

2021-2022 年阿拉斯加农村地区水务部门利益相关者访谈

• DOI: 10.18739/a29z90d4b
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: NSF Arctic Data Center
• 作者: LaPatin, Michaela;Ritsch, Nicola;Spearing, Lauryn;Armanios, Daniel;Alberston, Leif;Faust, Kasey
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey