The water footprint of Californias energy system, 1990-2012

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3314-3321

  Fulton, Julian ^a   Cooley, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HYDROLOGIC UNCERTAINTY; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; MITIGATION STRATEGY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NATURAL GAS; WATER;

ENERGY POLICY; POLLUTION POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; GAS TURBINE POWER; POLICY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STANDARDS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924944148     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505034x     Document Type: Article

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