Water conservation and reuse: A case study of the energy-water nexus in Texas

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4093-4108

  Stillwell, Ashlynn S ^a   Webber, Michael E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Conservation; Texas; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ENERGY ACCOUNTING; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY SAVING; NET ENERGY; RE-CLAIMED WATER; REUSE PRACTICES; SAVING ENERGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; WATER DEMAND; WATER RECLAMATION; WATER REUSE;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INVESTMENTS; POTABLE WATER; RESEARCH; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EID: 77954970541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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