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Promoting Energy-Water Nexus Understanding: Education and Workforce
This white paper discusses the development of educational and workforce programs focused on the energy-water nexus, aiming to enhance energy and water resilience by promoting multidisciplinary skills essential for managing robust energy-water systems.
There is a significant gap i...
Atkinson, T., and Cafferty, K.
Water Reuse Energy Demands and Water Quality Metrics
This white paper discusses strategies for enhancing water resilience in energy production by advancing water reuse and reclamation technologies, particularly for thermoelectric power plants and data centers. The focus is on efficiently closing the water loop by processing discharg...
Shurtliff, M., and Reese, S.
Field-Validated, Grid-Interactive Irrigation for Energy-Water Resilience in Puerto Rico's Agricultural Experimental Stations
Puerto Rico's irrigation infrastructure depends primarily on electrically powered pumping and distribution systems, making agricultural water delivery highly vulnerable to grid instability and frequent outages. This white paper proposes the development and validation of grid-inter...
Plaza, J., and Andrade, F.
Aligning Energy, Water, and Agriculture: Near-Term Strategies for Resilience in Water-Stressed Regions
This white paper explores the intersection of energy, water, and agriculture, emphasizing the growing competition for water between irrigation and energy systems. It identifies near-term opportunities to enhance agricultural water management and electrification, while evaluating t...
Pacheco, C., and Mekonnen, M.
Forecast and Intelligence Enabled Reservoir Operations for Energy-Water Resilience
This white paper discusses the energy-water nexus and emphasizes the need for co-optimization of hydropower, reservoir management, and water supply operations to enhance resilience and reliability. It focuses on integrating water management intelligence with power system forecasti...
Sun, M., and Hansen, C.
Energy-Enabled Decentralized Treatment of Brackish Water Sources for Agricultural Irrigation
This white paper, Energy-Enabled Decentralized Treatment of Brackish Water Sources for Agricultural Irrigation, focuses on the energy-for-water nexus and explores how decentralized, low-energy treatment systems can enable the on-site reuse of brackish groundwater for agriculture. ...
Ikner, L., Pan, W., Hickenbotttom, K., and Achilli, A.
State-of-the-Art MABR Technology for Energy-Efficient, Compact and Low N2O Emission Wastewater Solutions
The focal area of this white paper is advancing energy water resilience in wastewater treatment through the deployment of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology.
The proposed effort advances MABR technology as a treatment intensification solution to address energy inef...
Ali, P., Cecconi, F., Sabba, F., and Downing, L.
Digital Twin and HIL Framework for Grid-Interactive Microgrids in Non-PRASA Aqueducts: Enhancing Energy-Water Nexus Resilience
This white paper addresses the energy for water focal area by developing and validating grid-interactive microgrids for aqueducts which operate outside the centralized Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (non-PRASA). These aqueducts depend on electricity for pumping and treat...
Plaza, J., and Andrade, F.
Hydrotwin: an AI-based physics and optimization framework for improved water resource resilience in systems experiencing adverse events
This white paper focuses on water for energy.
As we move ahead into an uncertain future for water resource demand and supply, a massive challenge exists to optimize water systems to be resilient to a range of press/pulse extreme event states and conditions. Optimal decision-makin...
Bennett, K., Schwenk, J., and Garcia, M.
A Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment Model for How Emerging Biotechnologies Can Contribute to Decoupling Energy and Water Systems
Energy-water (EW) systems in the U.S. are deeply interconnected through complex networks vulnerable to disruptions, such as when a regional drought simultaneously impacts hydropower generation, thermoelectric production, and water availability across multiple sectors, producing kn...
Patelli, P., Solander, K., Gonzalez-Esquer, R., Xu, C., Bower, C., Davis, R., Carruthers, J., and Thomas, J.