Impact of COVID-19 on water sector projects and practices

Renukappa, Suresh; Kamunda, Andrew; Suresh, Subashini

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101194

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“…The pandemic has also added urban water consumption despite a decline in water consumption in the industrial and public sectors due to activity restrictions [15]. Similar to health infrastructure, during this pandemic, the establishment of clean water infrastructure has a positive impact, where the development of clean water infrastructure is carried out aggressively and is increasing [16]. Be that as it may, it should also be noted that the provision of sustainable clean water and drinking water management is needed to maintain clean water needs in the future [17].…”

Section: Establishing Clean Drinking Water Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Influence analysis of regional loans on basic infrastructure establishment to recover economy during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Gai

Sir

Maulida

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The decline at economic activities in Sikka Regency, resulted in a decrease in the regional income. Consequently, the Government needed additional funds to meet basic infrastructure needs obtained from the Regional Loans Program. This study aimed to examine the effects of Regional Loans on the growth of other sectors as a trickle-down effect that can restore the economy in Sikka Regency. This research employed qualitative and quantitative approaches. The secondary data were obtained from the Sikka Government. there were four types of health infrastructure, six types of clean water infrastructure activities, and five types of road and bridge constructions to be built in Sikka Regency. Regarding the sectors that affect the basic infrastructure there was one type of essential sector impacted, namely the financial and banking sector. Meanwhile, in the critical sector, five types of sectors were influenced, namely logistics and transportation, cement, construction, basic utilities (electricity and water), and basic daily needs. In the critical sector, road infrastructure contributed the highest percentage of influence of 55%, followed by clean water infrastructure of 23%, and health infrastructure of 14%. the socio-economic effects in health factor 0,03%, clean water 0,9%, and road infrastructures 2,65% of households.

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Section: Establishing Clean Drinking Water Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Influence analysis of regional loans on basic infrastructure establishment to recover economy during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Gai

Sir

Maulida

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…The pandemic has had a positive impact in accelerating the use of technology to advance and implement projects in the water sector (Renukappa et al 2021). As the water utilities are investing and developing new technologies in infrastructure, chemical treatment and supply safety assurance, the risk of new technologies is related to the water quality, water supply and water safety.…”

Section: New Technology Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk management during the Covid-19 crisis: business responses in the Polish water utilities

Chudziński

Cyfert

Dyduch

et al. 2022

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua

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Water utilities are an essential service that helps protect public health during crises. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed that crisis preparedness is a crucial capability that water utilities must possess. The purpose of this paper is to identify managerial actions and responses that were undertaken by water utility managers in order to reduce the risk related to the first economic lockdown caused by the unexpected Covid-19 crisis. As water utilities should learn from Covid-19 so as to strengthen their future risk preparedness, the paper offers some theoretical underpinnings on risk management. As a result of literature analysis, we focus on the risk management framework that distinguishes five types of risk. The survey was carried out among 116 waterworks in Poland in April 2020. The results indicate the importance of minimising liquidity risk and supply chain risk, which is relevant to the adopted theoretical framework. The findings also highlight the importance of a category that was not originally included in the research model – that is human resource risk, an area that requires managerial attention in the water utility sector. The results could also provide useful pointers for other water utilities, especially those operating in the same or similar legislative regime.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic does not have an independent and direct impact on municipal water supply, but limited water supply can accelerate coronavirus risk [15,49]. Limited water supply during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many counties [50] such as the United Kingdom [51], India [10,52], Mexico [53], Burkina Faso [54], Zimbabwe [55], South Africa [56], Pakistan [47], Nicaragua [46], and Kenya [57]. Even in a developed country such as the United States, some regions such as the Navajo Nation are facing problems in accessing safe water during the COVID-19 pandemic [58][59][60].…”

Section: The Effects Of Municipal Water Supply On Spreading Of Coronavirusmentioning

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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Urban Water Cycle

Heidari¹,

Grigg²

2021

AEER

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global crisis spreading to all countries. This study explains and documents the first-order effects of the new coronavirus on the urban water cycle. Urban water systems play an important role in public health because people rely so heavily on water services. Findings address short- and long-term changes in climate variables; availability and accessibility of clean water to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus in water-scarce cities; shifts in habits, behavior, and lifestyles of people and effects on water demand during lockdowns; and role of wastewater treatment in preventing the spread of coronavirus.

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Impact of COVID-19 on water sector projects and practices

Cited by 27 publications

References 12 publications

Influence analysis of regional loans on basic infrastructure establishment to recover economy during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Influence analysis of regional loans on basic infrastructure establishment to recover economy during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Risk management during the Covid-19 crisis: business responses in the Polish water utilities

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Urban Water Cycle

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