Water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus of urban water systems: Review of concepts, state-of-art and methods
Citation
Sudeep Nair, Biju Alummoottil George, Hector Malano, Meenakshi Arora, Bandara Nawarathna. (29/8/2014). Water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus of urban water systems: Review of concepts, state-of-art and methods. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 89, pp. 1-10.
Abstract
Water supply and wastewater services incur a large amount of energy and GHG emissions. It is therefore
imperative to understand the link between water and energy as their availability and demand are
closely interrelated. This paper presents a literature review and assessment of knowledge gaps related
to water–energy–greenhouse gas (GHG) nexus studies in an urban context from an ‘energy for water’
perspective. The review comprehensively surveyed various studies undertaken in various regions of
the world and focusing on individual or multiple subsystems of an urban water system. The paper
also analyses the energy intensity of decentralized water systems and various water end-uses together
with the major tools and models used. A major gap identified from this review is the lack of a holistic
and systematic framework to capture the dynamics of multiple water–energy–GHG linkages in an integrated
urban water system where centralized and decentralized water systems are combined to meet
increased water demand. Other knowledge gaps identified are the absence of studies, peer reviewed
papers, data and information on water–energy interactions while adopting a ‘fit for purpose water strategy’
for water supply. Finally, based on this review, we propose a water–energy nexus framework to
investigate ‘fit-for-purpose’ water strategy.
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Author(s) ORCID(s)
George, Biju Alummoottilhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8427-3350
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