Media reports as a knowledge base in drinking water infrastructure resilience building
This study will examine Nordic media coverage of historical disruptions to drinking water supply chains, and assess whether open-source records can support future resilience planning.
About the project
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Project period: 20.09.2026 - 31.05.2027 (Active)
- Coordinating Institution: Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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Project Manager:
- Anders Bekkelund, Infection Control and Preparedness
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Project Participants:
- Marianne Steinberg, Infection Control and Preparedness
- Tora Alexandra Ziesler Scharffenberg, Infection Control and Preparedness
Summary
Safe and reliable drinking water is essential to society, yet water infrastructure remains vulnerable to deliberate disruption. Building resilience requires effective preparedness, learning from past events, and timely information sharing across authorities, organisations, communities, and the public. Media reports may provide accessible accounts of disruptive incidents, but their usefulness depends on information quality and may be challenged by misinformation, disinformation, and the increasing use of large language models in all types of information generation. This study will therefore examine Nordic media coverage of historical disruptions to drinking water supply chains and assess whether such open-source records can support future resilience planning.