Abstract
Large‐scale population displacement can overwhelm wastewater treatment facilities and increase environmental pollution in the host communities. Academic research has discussed features that improve wastewater treatment systems' resiliency toward other types of disasters and rapidly changing operation conditions. Concepts that contribute to successful startup, refurbishment, and operation of biological treatment systems during refugee responses are yet to be identified. This study takes a novel approach to analyzing wastewater treatment system resiliency by presenting an input–mediator–output model analysis on advanced wastewater treatment delivery during refugee response in Jordan and Finland in 2015–2016. By comparing two distinctively different case studies, the research identifies principles that contribute to timely refugee response in advanced wastewater treatment systems on the dimensions of human resources, project environment, and wastewater treatment technology. These principles include 1) clear role division between agencies and stakeholders, 2) improving “human capacity” for rapid response decisions, 3) selecting a process that fits the regulative and operational environment, 4) enabling direct and fast information sharing, and 5) establishing fast‐track permitting processes for disaster conditions. Wastewater treatment system operators, regulative authorities, and aid organizations can use these findings to support rapid decision‐making in future disaster response situations.
Highlights
The Syrian Conflict has led to the displacement of over 11 million people both internally and internationally.[23]
In 2015, the “Syrian refugee crisis” became a worldwide topic as the number of people seeking for asylum in the European Union exploded unexpectedly and sparked an international crisis as countries tried to cope with the flux of people and provide shelter and basic services for everyone.[17]
IMO and other forms of input-process-output models are typically illustrated as three-column diagrams, where inputs are on the left side, mediators in the middle and the outputs on the right
Summary
To timely refugee response in advanced wastewater treatment systems on these guidelines place little the dimensions of human resources, project environment, and wastewater treatment technology These principles include 1) clear role division between agencies and stakeholders, 2) improving “human capacity” for rapid response decisions, 3) selecting a process that fits the regulative and operational envifocus on the challenges faced during operational phases after the establishment of the sanitation systems. Academic research has ment system operators, regulative authorities, and aid organizations can use these findings to support rapid decision-making in future disaster response situations. Wastewater treatment system operators, regulative authorities, and aid organizations can use the given recommendations to support rapid response decision-making in future disaster response
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