Water use for electricity in the United States: An analysis of reported and calculated water use information for 2008

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Averyt, K ^a   Macknick, J ^b   Rogers, J ^c   Madden, N ^c   Fisher, J ^d   Meldrum, J ^a   Newmark, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^d Synapse Energy Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

electricity; energy water nexus; freshwater demands

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; ENERGY WATER NEXUS; FRESHWATER DEMANDS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSUMPTION;

WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; POWER PLANT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876165462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015001     Document Type: Article

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