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If We Build It, Will They Use It? Aligning Resource Recovery Design with Place-Based Social Systems
Jayce D Sudweeks1,2, Helen Rosko1,3, Matthew R Landsman4
1Institute for Vibrant and Engaged Communities, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, United States.
ACS Environmental Au
|May 25, 2026
Summary
Resource recovery from waste is vital for circular water systems but often fails due to social factors. This perspective highlights integrating governance and community assets for successful, resilient adoption.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Engineering
- Water Resource Management
- Sociotechnical Systems
Background:
- Resource recovery from waste is crucial for sustainable water systems.
- Many technologies fail at scale due to social and institutional barriers.
- Existing approaches often prioritize technical optimization over contextual factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To reframe resource recovery as an adaptive challenge.
- To propose a place-based framework for implementing recovery systems.
- To integrate social and technical aspects for successful adoption.
Main Methods:
- Viewing resource recovery through the lens of adaptive challenges.
- Utilizing a watershed- and place-based framework.
- Applying the Community Capitals Framework to assess social readiness.
Main Results:
- Resource recovery success depends on governance capacity, trust, and learning.
- A place-based framework helps map community assets and constraints.
- Engineers act as boundary spanners to co-produce legitimate solutions.
Conclusions:
- Integrating watershed governance, place-based design, and the Community Capitals Framework offers an operational lens.
- This approach aids in diagnosing implementation barriers.
- It facilitates the design of socially legitimate, resilient, and adoptable resource recovery systems.
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