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WATER AND THE ENERGY CRISIS 1
Author(s) -
Viessman Warren,
Stork Karen E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1974.tb00561.x
Subject(s) - water resources , energy engineering , energy management , environmental economics , business , production (economics) , natural resource economics , energy consumption , environmental resource management , energy conservation , water quality , energy (signal processing) , water conservation , energy policy , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , renewable energy , engineering , ecology , statistics , mathematics , macroeconomics , electrical engineering , biology
Water and energy are inextricably bound. Energy is consumed and sometimes produced by every form of water resources system. Opportunities for future development and production of energy resources abound as well as those for significant reductions in energy consumption through wise water development and management. Technological, political, social, economic and environmental factors interrelate in the energy‐water mix. The role of the water resources planner will have to be expanded to include assessment of water‐energy impacts in addition to traditional planning considerations. An energy conservation account may well have to be added to the dimensions of national economic development and environmental quality in water resources planning. Ways must be found to reduce amounts and rates of water used and energy consumed through new manufacturing processes, improved irrigation practices, better management, new or altered social‐political‐economic arrangements and other procedures. To do this will require setting priorities and making difficult management decisions. The water fraternity can play a major role in alleviating the energy crisis we now face.

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