Embodied energy comparison of surface water and groundwater supply options

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5577-5586

  Mo, Weiwei ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Mihelcic, James R ^a   Hokanson, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TRUSSELL TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Energy path; Groundwater; Hybrid analysis; Life cycle assessment; Reclaimed water; Surface water; Water supply; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LIFE CYCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY PATHS; HYBRID ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RE-CLAIMED WATER;

SURFACE WATERS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; KALAMAZOO; MICHIGAN; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053109225     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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