Water quality impacts of the energy-water nexus / Avner Vengosh, Erika Weinthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vengosh, Avner, author.

Weinthal, Erika, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality.

Energy policy--Effect of water quality on.

Energy policy.

Water quality management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 311 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Energy and water have been fundamental to powering the global economy and building modern society. This cross-disciplinary book provides an integrated assessment of the different scientific and policy tools around the energy-water nexus. It focuses on how water use, and wastewater and waste solids produced from fossil fuel energy production affect water quality and quantity. Summarizing cutting edge research, it describes the scientific methods for detecting contamination sources in the context of policy and regulations. The authors highlight the growing evidence that fossil fuel production, from both conventional and unconventional sources, leads to water quality degradation, while regulations for the water and energy sector remain fractured and highly variable across and within countries. This volume will be a key reference for scholars, industry professionals, environmental consultants and policy makers seeking information on the risks associated with the energy cycle and its impact on the environment, particularly water resources.

Contents:

Chapter 1.

Introduction

Chapter 2.

Energy and water flows

Chapter 3.

The coal-water nexus

Chapter 4.

Conventional crude oil and tight oil-water nexus

Chapter 5.

Conventional and unconventional natural gas-water nexus

Chapter 6.

Integration: the role of energy on the anthropogenic global water cycles.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-06399-5

1-009-06431-2

1-107-44806-9