scholarly journals Energy Efficient Homes: The Energy and Water Connection

EDIS ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas W. Taylor ◽  
Brent Philpot ◽  
Kathleen C. Ruppert
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Municipal Water Supply ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Municipal Water ◽  
Waste Water Management

FCS-3273, a 4-page fact sheet by Nicholas W. Taylor, Brent Philpot, and Kathleen C. Ruppert, describes the energy used for municipal water supply and waste water management, and the water used for energy production and strategies homeowners can use to reduce water use in the home. Includes references. One of an Energy Efficient Homes series. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, June 2008.

Net-zero water management: achieving energy-positive municipal water supply

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Englehardt ◽  
Tingting Wu ◽  
Frederick Bloetscher ◽  
Yang Deng ◽  
Piet du Pisani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Recycling ◽  
Total Water ◽  
Municipal Water Supply ◽  
Municipal Water ◽  
Net Zero

Municipal water management can now be energy-positive and economical, through total water recycling.

scholarly journals Social Norms Information Treatments in the Municipal Water Supply Sector: Some New Insights on Benefits and Costs

2019 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Nauges ◽  
Dale Whittington
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Municipal Water Supply ◽  
Municipal Water ◽  
Benefit Cost

Social norms comparisons are tools that are being used more and more often by energy and water utilities all over the world in order to induce households to conserve resources. Such conservation programs are appealing to utilities since they are an easy-to-implement alternative to raising prices and commonly result in short-term reductions in energy and water use of about 2–5%. However, the welfare effects of social norms programs are rarely discussed and assessed, especially in the context of municipal water supply. The purpose of this paper is to identify the costs and benefits of social norms information treatments (SNITs) to all social groups and to illustrate a conceptual framework for conducting a benefit–cost analysis of social norms treatments in the municipal water sector. We provide plausible estimates for the costs and benefits of social norms treatments to different affected groups in the municipal water supply sector using current knowledge for both developing and industrialized countries in order to show how practitioners can conduct a benefit–cost analysis of an SNIT for a specific water utility. Our calculations show that the outcome of a benefit–cost analysis of an SNIT is highly location-specific and likely subject to substantial uncertainty. We also present a simple benefit–cost analysis of a price increase that would lead to an equivalent initial reduction in household water use. The latter is found to be more likely to result in net benefits to the society as a whole in low- and middle-income countries, but we show that, in this case, households would have to bear most of the costs.

Benchmarking water supply, waste water management and water control: conference summary paper

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dane
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Summary Paper ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Waste Water Management

Benchmarking has proven to be a good instrument to stimulate performance in water and wastewater management, both in terms of quality and of efficiency. The Amsterdam conference was organised to discuss the importance and the benefits of benchmarking for the water sector. This summary paper condenses the presentations made at the conference which aimed to assess the state of the art of benchmarking in water supply & sanitation in Europe, exchange knowledge on benchmarking methods & best practices, present results of benchmark schemes, and examine interest in (international) cooperation on benchmarking.

Identification of Taste and Odour Compounds from Western Lake Ontario

1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.G. Brownlee ◽  
D.S. Painter ◽  
R.J. Boone
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Elemental Sulfur ◽  
Lake Ontario ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Municipal Water Supply ◽  
Municipal Water ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Odour Concentration

Abstract During August, 1983 geosmin was identified in a municipal water supply drawn from western Lake Ontario. The geosmin concentrations were 0.01-0.07 μg L-1, within the range for threshold odour concentration of 0.01-0.2 μg L-1. 2-Methylisoborneol was not detected. The odour 'event' coincided with a dieoff of Cladophora in the lake, but we were not able to establish a direct link between the dieoff and geosmin production. Decomposing Cladophora in shoreline areas produced a strong odour in the air. 3-Methylindole, elemental sulfur, dimethyl tetrasulfide, and dimethyl pentasulfide were tentatively identified in water samples collected from these areas, but geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol were not detected.

Integrated waste water management for a small river basin - a case study

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
R. Fenz ◽  
M. Zessner ◽  
N. Kreuzinger ◽  
H. Kroiss
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Management ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
The North ◽  
Waste Water Management

In Austria approximately 70% of the population is connected to sewerage and to biological waste water treatment plants. Whereas the urban areas are already provided with these facilities to a very high extent, effort is still needed in rural areas to meet the requirements of the Austrian legislation. The way, this task should be solved has provoked much controversy. It is mainly the question, whether centralised or decentralised sewage disposal systems are preferable from the ecological and economical point of view, that became a political issue during the last 5 years. The Institute for Water Quality and Waste Management was asked to elaborate a waste water management concept for the Lainsitz River Basin, a mainly rural area in the north of Austria discharging to the Elbe river. Both ecological and economical aspects should be considered. This paper presents the methodology that was applied and the criteria which were decisive for the selection of the final solution.

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