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Heating up in Alberta [electronic resource] : climate change, energy development and water / Mary Griffiths, Dan Woynillowicz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, Mary, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy industries--Alberta--Water-supply.
- Energy industries.
- Energy policy--Alberta.
- Energy policy.
- Water efficiency--Alberta.
- Water efficiency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (vi, 83 p.) : maps, digital file.
- Place of Publication:
- Drayton Valley, Alta. : Pembina Institute, 2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2009).
- Contents:
- Alberta's climate change challenge
- Examining the challenge
- Rising temperatures, changing precipitation
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Water use for energy production in Alberta
- Current water allocation, use and consumption
- Potential future water use
- Water use for electricity production
- Introduction
- Coal-fired electricity generation
- Coal mining
- Coal gasification
- Carbon capture and storage
- Electricity from gas
- Natural gas
- Nuclear energy
- Uranium extraction
- Nuclear power plants
- Hydroelectricity and run-of-river hydro
- Other types of renewable energy
- Biofuels
- Geothermal energy
- Solar power
- Wind energy
- Future water demands for electricity
- Water use for gas and oil production
- Well development
- Natural gas production
- Conventional natural gas
- Coalbed methane
- Shale gas and tight gas
- Conventional oil production
- Water production with conventional oil
- Conventional enhanced oil recovery
- Oil from bitumen
- Oil sands mining
- In situ oil sands production
- Upgrading in central Alberta
- Future water demands for the oil and gas sector
- Implications for Alberta's energy production
- Potential impacts on the environment
- Electricity systems that use less water
- Reducing fresh water use in the oil and gas sector
- Re-use of produced water
- Cutting water use in oil sands production
- Meeting the challenge: recommendations
- Increase efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Conserve energy and switch to processes with low/no water requirements
- Take practical steps to reduce fresh water use
- Quickly implement water conservation targets
- Ensure Alberta environment's policy for oilfield injection is effective
- Encourage beneficial re-use of water
- Better protect groundwater
- Improve the recharge of groundwater
- Ensure protection of deeper aquifers for future generations
- Better manage water resources
- Improve knowledge of climate change impacts on water resources
- Improve monitoring of water quality and quantity
- Set absolute limits on water withdrawals to protect ecosystems
- Develop integrated watershed management plans
- Provide Alberta environment with adequate resources
- Accelerate research on ways to reduce water use
- Putting a price on water use for energy production
- In conclusion.
- Notes:
- "February 2009."
- Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-83).
- OCLC:
- 456149149
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