Evaluating options for balancing the water-electricity nexus in California: Part 1-securingwater availability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 697-710

  Tarroja, Brian ^a   AghaKouchak, Amir ^a   Sobhani, Reza ^a   Feldman, David ^a   Jiang, Sunny ^a   Samuelsen, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Desalination; Securing water resources; Water reuse; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DESALINATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CAPACITY INSTALLATION; POTENTIAL CAPACITY; SEAWATER DESALINATION; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; TEMPORALLY RESOLVED; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ENERGY; WATER REUSE;

WATER CONSERVATION;

GROUND WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DESALINATION; ENERGY; RESERVOIR; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESALINATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947127826     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.060     Document Type: Article

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