Improved Decision-Making: A Sociotechnical Utility-Based Framework for Drinking Water Investment.

ABSTRACT: To achieve the goals of the Safe Drinking Water Act, state and local water authorities need to make decisions about where to direct limited funding for infrastructure improvements and currently do so in the absence of adequate evaluative metrics. We developed a framework grounded in utility theory that compares trade-offs explicitly and broadens the factors considered in prioritizing resource allocations. Relevant existing indices were reviewed to identify data applicable to drinking water decision-making. A utility-theory-based decision analysis framework was developed and applied to evaluate how different objectives affect funding decisions for lead service line replacement (LSLR) programs in Pennsylvania and Michigan, United States. The decision framework incorporates drinking water qua

SUBMITTER: Schwetschenau SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380853 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature