We have only rudimentary understanding of the complex and pervasive connections
between water and energy in cities. As water security now threatens energy and economic …

Water management faces great challenges over the coming decades. Pressures include
stricter water-quality standards, increasing demand for water and the need to adapt to …

Low Impact Development (LID) is part of a new paradigm in urban water management that
aims to decentralize water storage and movement functions within urban watersheds. LID …

Energy consumption in the operation and maintenance phase of the urban water and
wastewater network is directly related to both the quantity and the desired quality of the …

In the modern global economy, water and energy are fundamentally connected. Water
already plays a major role in electricity generation and, with biofuels and electricity poised to …

The embodied energy associated with water provision comprises an important part of water
management, and is important when considering sustainability. In this study, an input–output …

The exploration of life-cycle energy use and environmental effects from US water
infrastructure has been limited in spite of the strong connection between energy and water …

How waste is managed–whether as a nuisance to be disposed of, or as a resource to be
reused–directly affects local and global environmental quality. This analysis explores the …

The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the importance of electricity production models
based on the environmental impacts from a brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) plant …

Greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise faster than growth in population and more than
double for water supply and wastewater services over the next 50 years in South East …