Title: The Energy-Water Nexus and information exchange: challenges and opportunities

Authors: Noah C. Goldstein, Robin L. Newmark, Camilla Dunham Whitehead, Elizabeth Burton, James E. McMahon, Girish Ghatikar, Deborah W. May

Addresses: Systems and Decision Sciences Section, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-644, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA. ' Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-176, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA. ' Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. ' Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-176, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA. ' Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. ' Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. ' National Security Engineering Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-363, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA

Abstract: In the near future, the USA will be facing constraints on energy availability owing to the heightened demand for both energy and water, especially during droughts and summers. This is especially true in the American Southwest. Increasing stress on the inextricably linked resource availability of both water and energy can be mitigated with integrated planning. Exchanging data is an important component to current and future mitigation approaches within the Energy-Water Nexus (EWN). We describe the types of relationships that are formed in the US EWN, and address the data-sharing obstacles. Approaches to removing such obstacles are presented, based on case studies.

Keywords: data sharing; energy shortage; energy-water nexus; EWN; water shortage; information exchange; USA; United States; integrated planning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2008.018144

International Journal of Water, 2008 Vol.4 No.1/2, pp.5 - 24

Published online: 04 May 2008 *

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