Dr. Osman Presents at NAWI Fall Meeting

Dr. Osman shared his presentation titled “Towards Water Justice” at this years National Alliance for Water Innovation’s Fall Meeting on November 1st, 2022. Dr. Osman’s talk focused on three key features of water justice: 1) where we are today, 2) how we got here, and 3) a path forward.

Water for centuries has been a resource taken for granted by society. However, in recent years, water shortages and ageing infrastructure has forced decision-makers to place the costly burden of supporting water system back on end-users. The distribution of this burden has been shown to disproportionately impact people of color. Dr. Osman in his talk explored the socio-technical dimensions of the provision of water and how to center justice in the decision-making process.