Measuring the embodied energy in drinking water supply systems: A case study in the Great Lakes region

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9516-9521

  Mo, Weiwei ^a   Nasiri, Fuzhan ^b   Eckelman, Matthew J ^b,c   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Zimmerman, Julie B ^b,c  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE POLICY; CRITICAL RESOURCES; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY PRICING; GREAT LAKES; HYBRID ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WATER; NATIONAL SECURITY; PATH ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY; SOCIAL WELL-BEING; SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATIONAL SECURITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL WORK; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYBRID; HYDROPOWER; MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MICHIGAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650271881     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1015845     Document Type: Article

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