Water Use

Water Use for Energy

In the energy sector, water is used for extracting fuels, growing energy crops, manufacturing generation technologies, generating power, and cooling and cleaning generation facilities.

Resources CESC

Tools and Websites

Columbia Water Center: Water-Food-Energy Nexus

The CWC studies how the water, food, and energy sectors are interrelated and how climate affects the relationship. On the…

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Columbia Water Center

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Connecting Water and Energy: Assessing the Impacts of Carbon and Water Constraints on China’s Power Sector

The limited endowments, uneven temporal and spatial distribution of energy and water resources pose significant challenges to China’s sustainable development,…

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Applied Energy

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1 January 2017

Tools and Websites

Energy-Water Nexus Crosscut

The Energy-Water Nexus Crosscut Team (originally called the Water-Energy Tech Team) was formed in late 2012 to address these issues.…

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U.S. Department of Energy

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Environmental Defense Fund: Energy-Water Nexus

This website advocates for an integrated approach to energy-water planning.

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Environmental Defense Fund

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Grace Communications Foundation: Nexus Food, Water and Energy

This website examines the “nexus” of where food, water and energy systems intersect. It takes water (lots of it) to…

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Grace Communications Foundation

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Pacific Institute: Water-Energy Nexus

The Pacific Institute is a global water think tank that combines science-based thought leadership with active outreach to influence local,…

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Pacific Institute

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Peru

This website discusses Peru’s GHG emissions, energy consumption, and water utilities. As Peru struggles to secure a reliable supply to…

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Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation (WaCCliM)

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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Opportunities

This study presents the key elements required to implement a nexus-based resource management approach in Kazakhstan, by identifying linkages between…

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Energy Procedia

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1 September 2017

Tools and Websites

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)-Key Issues: Energy-Water Nexus

This website provides resources on water and energy. Water is needed for energy development and generation, and energy is required…

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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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United Nations Water: Water, Food and Energy

This website examines why the water-food-energy nexus is central to sustainable development. Demand for all three is increasing, driven by…

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United Nations

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Water Energy Nexus: Excerpt from the World Energy Outlook 2016

Based on a detailed review of policy announcements and plans, this report reflects the way that governments, individually or collectively,…

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International Engery Agency

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27 March 2018

Tools and Websites

Water, Energy and Food

This educational video gives an overview of energy-water-food nexus research being done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…

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National Science Foundation

NBC Learn

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7 February 2017

Tools and Websites

Water, Energy and Food

This educational video gives an overview of energy-water-food nexus research being done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…

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National Science Foundation

NBC Learn

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7 February 2017

Publication

Node and Regime: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Mekong Region

This report re-examines the findings and recommendations of a major nexus research-for-development project in the Mekong region. It shows that…

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Water Alternatives

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Multi-objective Optimization for Analysis of Changing Trade-offs in the Nepalese Water-Energy-Food Nexus with Hydropower Development

This report proposes a spatially explicit framework that couples two well-established water and power system models to develop a decision…

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Water (journal)

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24 February 2017

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Mapping The Energy-Water Nexus around the Pacific Rim

In efforts to better inform the energy-water nexus dialogue, this paper builds on and extends the previously noted work in…

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Sandia National Laboratories

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Implementation and Case Studies

The Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform is an independent information and facilitating platform. Highlighting the interdependencies between achieving…

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Nexus- The Water

Energy & Food Security Platform

Publication

Water-Energy Nexus in Saudi Arabia

This work provides a comprehensive analysis of the interdependence of water and energy in Saudi Arabia, including collecting data to…

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Energy Procedia

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1 May 2017