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Apr 23, 2025
Argues that preserving the capabilities delivered by the National Wastewater Surveillance System beyond 2025 should be a public health priority.
Commentary
Feb 5, 2025
Communities across the United States can learn from the experiences of cities that have had to confront major water supply crises and start planning now to avoid the worst impacts of future droughts.
Jan 15, 2025
In this report, the authors examine the experiences of five cities with severe or catastrophic water supply risks to identify steps that could be taken ahead of time to mitigate those risks and build urban water security.
Data Viz
Many of the world's largest cities experience water stress and have faced water supply crises. Case studies of crises show how cities can build urban water security though investments, capacity-building, collaboration, innovation, and communication.
Dec 2, 2024
Environmental sampling surveillance (ESS) systems can serve as an early warning system and support pandemic response. Using COVID-19 as a case study, the paper quantifies ESS's value for pandemic preparedness and response decisions.
Oct 21, 2024
Meeting the water challenges of today and the future will require federal spending as well as new financial models and revenue streams to ensure equity, climate change adaptation, and sustainability.
Oct 9, 2024
Commentaries by RAND researchers examine five water challenges facing U.S. policymakers: flood resilience, water infrastructure, aquatic ecosystems, water quality, and water rights.
Sep 27, 2024
We used data from the recently updated Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Index to assess global and regional trends in resource security and relationships with the Human Development Index, internal conflict risk, and population growth.
Aug 28, 2024
Despite advances in technology and increasing regulation, many in the United States still face challenges accessing safe drinking water. Keeping America's water safe requires new approaches to monitoring, tracking, and treatment.
The authors of this report describe an approach to improving the Department of the Air Force's ability to assess installation energy and water system vulnerability to the combined effects of natural hazards.
Jul 3, 2024
The 2014 water crises in Flint and Detroit brought renewed attention to the inadequacies of U.S. drinking water policy. Ten years later, we reflect on how the politics of U.S. water policy have shifted, and what remains to be done.
Jun 11, 2024
In this report, the authors analyze infrastructure threats and hazards and examine vectors by which an adversary might conduct attacks. They also look at other impacts resulting from infrastructure age and maintenance and from weather challenges.
