Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas
Rising urban water demand requires new water supply provisioning in cities. Understanding and quantifying the energy-intensity of new water supply options can help planners identify pathways for water supply expansion with manageable energy requirements.
There is opportunity for scalable, place-based analyses of energy demands associated with water expansion technologies across US urban centers so that city planners have accessible tools to support decision making. Opportunities exist in areas of i) comparative energy-intensity tools, ii) efficiency improvements, and iii) data augmentation efforts.
Ultimately, this effort can reduce the energy required to provision additional water to urban centers. Interim success measures include standardized data collection protocols; a framework to evaluate energy intensity across multiple water technologies and urban contexts; and a support tool accessible to city planners that can help guide investments in additional water supply with the best energy-intensity profiles.
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AB - Rising urban water demand requires new water supply provisioning in cities. Understanding and quantifying the energy-intensity of new water supply options can help planners identify pathways for water supply expansion with manageable energy requirements.
There is opportunity for scalable, place-based analyses of energy demands associated with water expansion technologies across US urban centers so that city planners have accessible tools to support decision making. Opportunities exist in areas of i) comparative energy-intensity tools, ii) efficiency improvements, and iii) data augmentation efforts.
Ultimately, this effort can reduce the energy required to provision additional water to urban centers. Interim success measures include standardized data collection protocols; a framework to evaluate energy intensity across multiple water technologies and urban contexts; and a support tool accessible to city planners that can help guide investments in additional water supply with the best energy-intensity profiles.
AU - Deines, Jillian
A2 - Catalano, Arielle
A3 - Sinnott, Victoria
A4 - Yoon, Jim
A5 - Sun, Ning
A6 - Wan, Heng
A7 - Duan, Zhuoran
DB - Energy-Water Resilience
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - urban water supply
KW - energy for water
KW - energy needs
KW - water supply
KW - expansion
KW - water demand
KW - manageable energy requirements
KW - scalable
KW - urban areas
KW - urban centers
LA - English
DA - 2026/01/15
PY - 2026
PB - PNNL
T1 - Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas
UR - https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6
ER -
Deines, Jillian, et al. Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas. PNNL, 15 January, 2026, Energy-Water Resilience. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6.
Deines, J., Catalano, A., Sinnott, V., Yoon, J., Sun, N., Wan, H., & Duan, Z. (2026). Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas. [Data set]. Energy-Water Resilience. PNNL. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6
Deines, Jillian, Arielle Catalano, Victoria Sinnott, Jim Yoon, Ning Sun, Heng Wan, and Zhuoran Duan. Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas. PNNL, January, 15, 2026. Distributed by Energy-Water Resilience. https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6
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title = {Energy Needs for Water Supply Expansion in Urban Areas},
author = {Deines, Jillian and Catalano, Arielle and Sinnott, Victoria and Yoon, Jim and Sun, Ning and Wan, Heng and Duan, Zhuoran},
abstractNote = {Rising urban water demand requires new water supply provisioning in cities. Understanding and quantifying the energy-intensity of new water supply options can help planners identify pathways for water supply expansion with manageable energy requirements.
There is opportunity for scalable, place-based analyses of energy demands associated with water expansion technologies across US urban centers so that city planners have accessible tools to support decision making. Opportunities exist in areas of i) comparative energy-intensity tools, ii) efficiency improvements, and iii) data augmentation efforts.
Ultimately, this effort can reduce the energy required to provision additional water to urban centers. Interim success measures include standardized data collection protocols; a framework to evaluate energy intensity across multiple water technologies and urban contexts; and a support tool accessible to city planners that can help guide investments in additional water supply with the best energy-intensity profiles.
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url = {https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Energy-Water Resilience, PNNL, https://ewr.openei.org/submissions/6},
note = {Accessed: 2026-04-06}
}
Details
Data from Jan 15, 2026
Last updated Jan 15, 2026
Submitted Jan 15, 2026
Contact
Jill Deines
Authors
Keywords
urban water supply, energy for water, energy needs, water supply, expansion, water demand, manageable energy requirements, scalable, urban areas, urban centersDOE Project Details
Project Name White Papers on Ideas to Advance Energy-Water Resilience
Project Lead
Project Number WP-006