Desalination and long-haul water transfer a case study of the energy-water nexus in Texas

Proceedings of the ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability 2009, ES2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 1029-1036

  Stillwell, Ashlynn S ^a   King, Carey W ^a   Webber, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DESALINATED WATER; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; ELEVATION DATA; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HIGH PRESSURE; HOUSTON; LOCAL SURFACES; LONG HAUL; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; PER UNIT; PIPELINE ROUTES; POPULATION GROWTH; PUMP PERFORMANCE; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS; SUSTAINABLE WATER; TECHNOLOGY IN USE; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; TRANSFER PIPELINES; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER PUMPING; WATER SECTOR; WATER TRANSFERS;

DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; ENERGY POLICY; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PIPELINES; PUMPS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; STANDARDS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 77953740055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2009-90237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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