2017 State of the Water Industry: Strengthening Our Connections

Mercer, Kenneth L.

doi:10.5942/jawwa.2017.109.0090

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“…Even with such pronounced shifts to include more diverse knowledges, however, it is clear that the seeds of the knowledge deficit model persist in explanations of distrust in the water sector. For instance, Mercer's (2017) provocative opinion piece in a leading water industry journal titled “Is fear a CEC?” argues that fear of tap water is becoming a “‘contaminant’ of emerging concern” that is particularly problematic “when the concentration of fear exceeds some MCL [Maximum Contaminant Levels] because of sensationalism or fear-mongering” (Mercer, 2017: 2). Other public health-industry studies offer a focus on “dispelling misconceptions and educating low-income people in urban areas” (e.g.…”

Section: Beyond Modern Water and Technoscientific Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

From “trust” to “trustworthiness”: Retheorizing dynamics of trust, distrust, and water security in North America

Wilson

Montoya

Lambrinidou

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Assumptions of trust in water systems are widespread in higher-income countries, often linked to expectations of “modern water.” The current literature on water and trust also tends to reinforce a technoscientific approach, emphasizing the importance of aligning water user perceptions with expert assessments. Although such approaches can be useful to document instances of distrust, they often fail to explain why patterns differ over time, and across contexts and populations. Addressing these shortcomings, we offer a relational approach focused on the trustworthiness of hydro-social systems to contextualize water-trust dynamics in relation to broader practices and contexts. In doing so, we investigate three high-profile water crises in North America where examples of distrust are prevalent: Flint, Michigan; Kashechewan First Nation; and the Navajo Nation. Through our theoretical and empirical examination, we offer insights on these dynamics and find that distrust may at times be a warranted and understandable response to experiences of water insecurity and injustice. We examine the interconnected experiences of marginality and inequity, ontological and epistemological injustice, unequal governance and politics, and histories of water insecurity and harm as potential contributors to untrustworthiness in hydro-social systems. We close with recommendations for future directions to better understand water-trust dynamics and address water insecurity.

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Section: Beyond Modern Water and Technoscientific Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

From “trust” to “trustworthiness”: Retheorizing dynamics of trust, distrust, and water security in North America

Wilson

Montoya

Lambrinidou

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…PESA and functionalized PESA membranes possessed greater roughness than pure PES membranes. Moreover, PESA membranes were also more efficient than PES membranes in terms of antifouling properties, pure water flux and humic acid rejection [41].…”

Section: Polyethersulfone (Pes)mentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The modified membrane yielded stable permeation performance throughout repeated stability tests. Another recent study has proposed polyether sulfone amide (PESA), a PES based hydrophilic polymer for membrane synthesis [41]. PESA was subjected to interfacial polymerization using gallic acid (GA) and 3,5diaminobenzoic acid (DBA).…”

Section: Polyethersulfone (Pes)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes for Water Purification

Banerjee

2021

Materials Research Foundations

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Random and rampant urbanization have rendered one third of the global population vulnerable to water scarcity. For mitigating this problem, membrane technology has been widely investigated for desalination as well as reuse and reclamation of wastewater. Polymeric membranes have reportedly displayed significantly lower consumption of energy with potential self-cleansing and antifouling. Application of microporous and ultraporous polymeric membranes for water purification has been vividly discussed herein. The diverse facets of water treatment technologies using polymeric membranes compiled herein will facilitate all potential readers like academicians, environmentalists, industrialists and membrane technologists, and to address the water scarcity challenges of our society.

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