Publications

Journal publications

2026

Shrivatsa, S., Ouyang, D., Ho, D.E., & Osman, K.K. (2026), How Defining ‘Disadvantaged’ Shaped Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Drinking Water Funding. Nat Commun 17, 8646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74287-3

2025

Dobbin, K. B., Singhal, A., Pierce, G., & Osman, K.K. (2025). Understanding Water System Manager's Motivations for and Their Perceived Benefits of Consolidation. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 61(6), e70075.

Ma, Y., Wang, R., Chen, Y., Liu, X., Lieberknecht, K., & Osman, K. K. (2025). Diverging Point-Source Pathogen Pollution Patterns across Urban–Rural Gradient and Pollutant Sources in Texas, United States. Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

Muhebwa, A., & Osman, K. K. (2025). A Behavioral Finance Framework for Balancing AI Accuracy and Operational Carbon Emissions. ACM J. Comput. Sustain. Soc., 3(3), 24:1-24:20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3736646

Obinegbo, O. C., Benson, S. M., & Osman, K. K. (2025). A justice-informed approach to reframing energy assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Research & Social Science, 129, 104404.

Fu, S., Moanga, D., Hacker, M. E., Scruggs, C., & Osman, K. K. (2025). Exploring state-level messaging toward US water reuse: A media analysis across time and space. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 5(3), 035012. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/adf664

Medina, C. Y., Shrivatsa, S., Stone, M., Moanga, D., White, E., Jr, Awais, M., Cardenas, A., Revels, K., Nieto, Y., & Osman, K. Evaluating perceptions of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) through a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adc9c5

Hayes, W. C., Jones, N., Osman, K. K., Eaves, L. A., Mize, W., Fowlkes, J., Fry, R. C., & Pieper, K. J. Exploring Demographic Disparities in Private Well Water Testing in North Carolina. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c05437.

2024

Scott-Buechler, C., Cain, B., Osman, K. K., Ardoin, N. M., Fraser, C., Adcox, G., Polk, E. & Jackson, R. B. (2024). Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States. Communications Earth & Environment 5, 175. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01334-6

Mohanavelu, A. & Osman, K. K. (2024). Ripples of injustice: unraveling water equity challenges on a global scale. Environmental Research Letters 19 081007.

Mohanavelu, A., Osman, K. K., Kothari, C. & France-Mensah, J. (2024). Quantitatively Incorporating Social Equity in Water Network Maintenance and Rehabilitation Decision-Making. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 150 (10). https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6418

2023

Gibson, J. M. D., Osman, K. K., Conroy-Ben, O., & Giang, A. (2023). Environmental Science for the Betterment of All. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 10(9), 719-720. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00487

Osman, K. K., Hacker, M. E., & Faust, K. M. (2023). Conceptualizing Equity for Onsite Nonpotable Water Reuse Systems in the United States. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 9(2), 04023002.

2022

Fletcher, S., Hadjimichael, A., Quinn, J., Osman, K.K., Giuliani, M., Gold, D., Figueroa, A.J., Gordon, B.. 2022. “Equity in Water Resources Planning: A Path Forward for Decision Support Modelers.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 148 (7). 

2021

Osman, K. K., & Faust, K. M. (2021). Toward operationalizing equity in water infrastructure services: Developing a definition of water equity. ACS ES&T Water, 1(8), 1849-1858.

Rendon, C., Osman, K. K., & Faust, K. M. (2021). Path towards community resilience: Examining stakeholders’ coordination at the intersection of the built, natural, and social systems. Sustainable Cities and Society, 68, 102774.

2020

Araya, F., Osman, K. K., & Faust, K. M. (2020). Perceptions versus reality: Assessing residential water conservation efforts in the household. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105020.
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2019

Osman, K. K., Claveria, J. B., Faust, K. M., & Hernandez, S. (2019). Temporal Dynamics of Willingness to Pay for Alternatives That Increase the Reliability of Water and Wastewater Service. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(7), 04019041.

Reports

2026

Dobbin, K. & Brown, G. With inputs from Osman, K.K. Water System Consolidation in California: Lessons learned and key opportunities. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources & University of California, Berkeley

2023

McBride, J., & Dobbin, K.. With inputs from Claiborne, M., Garcia, N, Surgeon, B., Luquin, Bravo, C., Anagha, J., Hiott, K., Carranza, S., Rodriguez, R., Potter, B., Hastie, A., Osman, K.K, and Pierce, G.. LAFCo and Water System Consolidation: Bridging the gap between local and state regulators to stop and reverse water system fragmentation. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Community Products

Collaborators: Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Delta Protection Commission, and UC Davis

Collaborators: Bayou City Waterkeeper

Collaborators: Nuestra Casa

Collaborators: Nuestra Casa