Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation
Following a wildfire, increased sedimentation and altered flow regimes can disrupt water quantity and quality for years, impacting water users (e.g., municipal, industrial, agricultural) and undermining energy reliability, efficiency, and infrastructure longevity. Upstream restoration and remediation strategies can reduce sediment loads, pollutant concentrations, and heavy runoff, demonstrating how targeted watershed interventions in a post-wildfire landscape can improve downstream water resources and strengthen energy resilience. An advanced modeling framework can quantify the effectiveness of restoration and remediation strategies upstream of facilities to enhance water quantity within post-wildfire landscapes by benchmarking water quantity and quality measurements against regulatory standards.
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AB - Following a wildfire, increased sedimentation and altered flow regimes can disrupt water quantity and quality for years, impacting water users (e.g., municipal, industrial, agricultural) and undermining energy reliability, efficiency, and infrastructure longevity. Upstream restoration and remediation strategies can reduce sediment loads, pollutant concentrations, and heavy runoff, demonstrating how targeted watershed interventions in a post-wildfire landscape can improve downstream water resources and strengthen energy resilience. An advanced modeling framework can quantify the effectiveness of restoration and remediation strategies upstream of facilities to enhance water quantity within post-wildfire landscapes by benchmarking water quantity and quality measurements against regulatory standards.
AU - Catalano, Arielle
A2 - Ferencz, Stephen
A3 - Michaels, Rachel
A4 - Giovando, Jeremy
A5 - Hester, Erich
DB - Energy-Water Resilience
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Water quality
KW - water quantity
KW - wildfires
KW - restoration
KW - energy generation
KW - regional modeling
KW - wildfire
KW - hydrological impact
KW - energy
KW - sedimentation
KW - altered flow
KW - energy reliability
KW - energy efficiency
KW - infrastructure
LA - English
DA - 2026/01/15
PY - 2026
PB - PNNL
T1 - Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation
UR - https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4
ER -
Catalano, Arielle, et al. Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation. PNNL, 15 January, 2026, Energy-Water Resilience. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4.
Catalano, A., Ferencz, S., Michaels, R., Giovando, J., & Hester, E. (2026). Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation. [Data set]. Energy-Water Resilience. PNNL. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4
Catalano, Arielle, Stephen Ferencz, Rachel Michaels, Jeremy Giovando, and Erich Hester. Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation. PNNL, January, 15, 2026. Distributed by Energy-Water Resilience. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4
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title = {Mitigating Wildfire-Driven Hydrological Impacts on Energy Generation},
author = {Catalano, Arielle and Ferencz, Stephen and Michaels, Rachel and Giovando, Jeremy and Hester, Erich},
abstractNote = {Following a wildfire, increased sedimentation and altered flow regimes can disrupt water quantity and quality for years, impacting water users (e.g., municipal, industrial, agricultural) and undermining energy reliability, efficiency, and infrastructure longevity. Upstream restoration and remediation strategies can reduce sediment loads, pollutant concentrations, and heavy runoff, demonstrating how targeted watershed interventions in a post-wildfire landscape can improve downstream water resources and strengthen energy resilience. An advanced modeling framework can quantify the effectiveness of restoration and remediation strategies upstream of facilities to enhance water quantity within post-wildfire landscapes by benchmarking water quantity and quality measurements against regulatory standards.},
url = {https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Energy-Water Resilience, PNNL, https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/4},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-17}
}
Details
Data from Jan 15, 2026
Last updated Jan 15, 2026
Submitted Jan 15, 2026
Contact
Alison Colotelo
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Keywords
Water quality, water quantity, wildfires, restoration, energy generation, regional modeling, wildfire, hydrological impact, energy, sedimentation, altered flow, energy reliability, energy efficiency, infrastructureDOE Project Details
Project Name White Papers on Ideas to Advance Energy-Water Resilience
Project Lead
Project Number WP-004