Sustainable provision of potable water in low resource contexts remains a key challenge for the international water sector, largely due to the complex interaction of factors that drive service delivery outcomes. In response, there has been an increasing prevalence in the use of systems modeling tools and techniques to gain a systems-level understanding of programmatic leverage points.
Unfortunately, these methods tend to be cumbersome and analytically complex. As a result, they are inaccessible, irrelevant, or both to stakeholders who often have the most intimate understanding of the local context. This webinar presents a research program that seeks to develop an accessible and useful tool – rooted in system dynamics and machine learning – that practitioners can use to inform policy and practice for water service delivery. Current progress on the tool’s development and steps forward will be discussed.
The seminar will take place on July 8th, 2020 at 12pm ET.
Further details and registration: https://www.engineeringforchange.org/webinar/tool-water-service-delivery-low-resource-settings/
Ocean eddies as nutrient couriers
A new study reveals how mesoscale ocean eddies act as powerful transporters of energy-rich nutrients from coastal upwelling zones to the open ocean. These swirling currents play a key role in marine food webs and could be significantly affected by climate change.
