Local Water Utility Reform: Case Studies from Iwate Prefecture in Northern Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yukio Kinoshita ◽  
Brian Dollery
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Iwate Prefecture ◽  
Northern Japan

Water-conservation policies in perspective: insights from a Q-method study in Salta, Argentina

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 897-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Iribarnegaray ◽  
M. F. E. de la Zerda ◽  
C. M. Hutton ◽  
C. Brannstrom ◽  
V. I. Liberal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Rate Of Success

Narratives and discourses on issues such as water management and other complex social–ecological systems respond partly to people's worldviews or social perspectives. Knowledge of these perspectives might help increase the rate of success of specific initiatives related to water conservation and could be an important tool to improve water governance. A study performed in the city of Salta, Argentina, revealed the existence of four social perspectives on issues related to water management. Perspectives were obtained with Q methodology by interviewing 29 local stakeholders. Participants sorted 68 statements organized around four themes (service provider; water rights; public participation; water availability) according to their degree of agreement or disagreement. The findings support our contention that there are clear links between social perspectives and the rate of success of some water policies implemented by the local water utility in the past 15 years, in particular the promotion and use of household water meters and awareness campaigns launched to reduce water consumption. We show that the limited success of these initiatives was partly due to ignorance or disregard of social perspectives on water management.

Sustainability assessment of sanitation options in Vietnam: planning with the future in mind

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Willetts ◽  
M. Paddon ◽  
Nguyen Dinh Giang Nam ◽  
Nguyen Hieu Trung ◽  
N. Carrard
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
City Government ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Local Agriculture ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Planning Methodology ◽  
Sanitation Infrastructure

This paper describes a participatory deliberative planning methodology employed in Can Tho, Vietnam to assess sanitation infrastructure options for a new peri-urban area with an expected population of 278,000 people. The study compared four options across a range of scales from centralised to decentralised treatment systems, and also included an innovative resource recovery option with urine collection and reuse in local agriculture. The study was undertaken in close collaboration with the local water utility, a local university, and several city government departments. In the sustainability assessment process key city stakeholders ranked the four options against criteria in five areas: (i) technical and risk, (ii) social and health, (iii) environmental, (iv) economic and financial, (v) city future. Stakeholders were provided with detailed information about each option, including quantitative data such as costs and energy use, and qualitative data against areas such as social acceptability. The assessment made evident the trade-offs between these five areas, and after their prioritisation, stakeholders agreed on the option that combined centralised treatment for the densely populated area to be inhabited earlier, and decentralised treatment for the remaining area. The methodology provided a robust way for stakeholders to engage in informed decision-making on this important planning issue.

Effects of volcanic activity on mire development: case studies from Hokkaido, northern Japan

The Holocene ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hotes ◽  
Peter Poschlod ◽  
Hidenori Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Volcanic Activity ◽  
Northern Japan

Power, Family, and Filial Responsibility Related to Elder Care in Rural Japan

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Traphagan
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Filial Responsibility ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
Northern Japan ◽  
Familial Roles

This article explores the discourse on filial responsibility as it intersects with familial roles and power relationships as represented by women living in rural Japan. Using case studies, I consider some of the intergenerational and intragenerational issues that arise as Japanese women contemplate or attempt to cope with care of elder parents and consider the manner in which the concept of filial piety, or filial responsibility, is expressed and conceptualized in relation to these issues. I argue that many continue to think about elder care in ways that emphasize the responsibility of children to care for their parents, but that the discourse on filial piety is continually constructed and reconstructed as people provide and contest roles associated with elder care, both from the perspective of the child and from that of the parents. To explore these issues, I consider the cases of two women who were facing issues related to provision of care to elder parents and who structured these in terms of notions about filial responsibility. The cases were obtained during extended fieldwork in an agricultural community in northern Japan.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of the Water Distribution System of the City of Messina Through Sustainability Indices

10.29007/sr9c ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iolanda Borzì ◽  
Brunella Bonaccorso ◽  
Giuseppe Tito Aronica
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Water Distribution System ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Local Water ◽  
The City ◽  
Sustainability Indices

The main purpose of this study is to assess the performance of the water distribution system (WDS) of the city of Messina (Italy) under different management scenarios that can be operated by the local water utility, AMAM S.p.A. To this end, a methodology is here applied for determining sustainability indices for pressure in WDS. The sustainability indices are based upon performance criteria including reliability, resiliency and vulnerability. In particular, six different scenarios are analyzed and the results are compared in order to identify possible solutions to increase sustainability in WDS.

scholarly journals Aplicabilidade do modelo matemático SAD-IPH na análise de processos de outorga: o caso da Bacia do Ribeirão Taquaruçu

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-234
Author(s):  
FERNÁN VERGARA ◽  
◽  
VIVIANE CHIESA ◽  
CECILIA COSTA ◽  
ROBERTA OLIVEIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Demand ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Water Sources ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Mathematical Tool ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Over Time

In order to issue a water permit, which allows abstraction of water in a given place, the issuer needs to make sure, based on the hydrology of the region, that the amount of water available in the water body is sufficient to meet not only the demand associated with the required entitlement, but also all the existing demands from other users in the basin. This paper aims at evaluating the usefulness of the SAD-IPH mathematical model to simulate water demand scenarios in the Ribeirão Taquaruçu basin, located in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins. Simulations provided by the SAD-IPH model indicate that the balance between water availability and demand is already critical in some parts of the basin, especially during the dry season, and the situation worsens over time. These results clearly suggest the local water utility needs to search for new water sources to meet the growing demand, mainly during the dry season. Results show the mathematical tool used in the analysis provides new and valuable information to decision makers (water resources institutions and river basin committees), potentially reducing the risk of making bad decisions. Additionally, as a water security measure, it is crucial to enforce the preservation of sensitive areas in the watershed because there is already an intense occupation in preserved areas next to water sources, a process that is likely to result in water yield reduction, which combined with an increase in the water demand over time, will compromise water security.

scholarly journals Consolidating the use of reclaimed water for irrigation and infiltration in a semi-arid agricultural valley in Mexico: water management experiences and results

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 679-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Mendoza-Espinosa ◽  
L. W. Daesslé
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Fecal Coliforms ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Monitoring Wells ◽  
Local Water ◽  
San Carlos

Abstract The city of Ensenada (Baja California, Mexico) experiences severe water restrictions for urban and agriculture use, and reclaimed water (RW) for crop irrigation and aquifer infiltration has been identified as a promising water management option. This paper presents the path followed to consolidate the reclamation scheme that included monitoring programs on RW, groundwater, and agricultural soil. Seventy-nine percent of the RW samples complied with the particular discharge permit for El Naranjo wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), yet the local water utility has to have a better control of its wastewater treatment plant to avoid spikes of fecal coliforms. The presence of fecal coliforms in soil samples at surface and 30–60 cm depths indicates that farm workers could be at risk during the handling of the product, so it is highly recommended that workers be provided with clothes that will protect them from direct contact with water and soil. Results from monitoring wells adjacent to Las Ánimas and San Carlos creeks showed, on some occasions, the presence of fecal and total coliforms that could indicate infiltration of RW. In conclusion, technical aspects can be monitored and controlled yet the most challenging aspects that remain are social and political which require extensive negotiation and institutional arrangements.

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