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Sustainable Energy and Materials: Addressing the Energy-Water Nexus June 6, 2013
Sustainable Energy and Materials: Addressing the Energy-Water Nexus June 6, 2013
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for evaluating energy- • Water use needs to be incorporated into public water linkages and trade-offs; utilities' decisionmaking to improve the resilience • Available technologies and strategies, and barriers, of this sector in a changing climate. Power sector for balancing increasing energy demands with decisions are made projecting out 20-60 years so increasing water supply demands and water it is vital that these types of considerations be quality goals and concerns; and addressed now as these decisions are being • Available public and private sector funds for debated.
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increasing; 67 percent of the attacks discussed in Climate models suggest that there is likely to be the study targeted critical water and energy a long-term decrease in water availability in the infrastructure, water plants, wastewater plants, Tigris and Euphrates Basin -- an issue that integrates energy plants, fossil fuel, and nuclear plants. energy policy, water policy, and food security.
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Department of the Army described how the Water installation limits the consumption of Army approaches "sustainability," with emphasis on freshwater resources and returns water back to the its Net Zero initiative. The Army typically thinks same watershed so as not to deplete the about sustainability in terms of sustaining supply groundwater and surface water resources of that lines, ammunition, and logistics.
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Environment, said that water policy issues have The first step is "awareness," which encompasses a become more politicized in recent years, as review of the client's water and energy sustainability evidenced by greater congressional interest in the practices, including their attitude, awareness, and Water Resources Development Act currently being capabilities to improve sustainability metrics, debated. He suggested that energy and water including ensuring that a sufficient management issues be dealt with collaboratively and collectively structure is in place.
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In addition, the federal government is not DATA AND RESEARCH GAPS designed to address water issues in a collaborative way. Twenty-six federal agencies have "water" Corinne Scown of Lawrence Berkeley National specified in their mission statement.
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The largest water needs for power production and agriculture? consumers of water include plant technology, Matthew Eckelman of Northeastern University thermal energy cooling technologies, and other uses described the state of variability and uncertainty in such as desulfurization, cleaning up mirrors, etc.
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partners and increase the range of products with DOE has also developed the Open Energy Water Sense labels. Although EPA's Energy Star Information website (openei.org)
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Paul Faeth of CAN stated that typical energy 6 power plants. A second major report released in projections such as those developed by DOE's July 2013 examines future water demands of the Energy Information Administration and EPA, do not power sector under different electricity technology incorporate water.
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Department of Energy; David LoPiccolo, and efficient water markets into consideration Siemens; Corinne Scown, Lawrence Berkeley together will be an important but significant National Laboratory; Nancy Stoner, U.S. challenge moving forward.
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