Projected Freshwater Withdrawals Under Efficiency Scenarios for Electricity Generation and Municipal Use in the United States for 2030

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-246

  Chen, Limin ^a   Roy, Sujoy ^a   Goldstein, Robert A ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and water use; Energy water nexus and thermoelectric water use projections; Freshwater projections; Future growth scenarios; Projected water withdrawals; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER PROJECTIONS; FUTURE GROWTH SCENARIOS; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

WATER SUPPLY;

COOLING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873281734     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12013     Document Type: Article

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