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Raw Water

Raw water refers to untreated, natural water sources, including rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, oceans, rainwater and groundwater used for ecosystems, drinking water, energy generation and food production. Raw water is central to the energy-water-food nexus through factors such as development density, deforestationfertilizer and pesticide use. These factors impact raw water quality, creating the need to use more energy-intensive treatment technologies to bring water to potable levels. These factors also affect the health of ecosystems and the associated goods and services they provide.

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Onsite Food Waste Processing as an Opportunity to Conserve Water in a Medical Facility Case Study, Abu Dhabi

This paper presents the case for soil and water conservation combined with waste recycling strategies in a desert type climate…

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Energy Procedia

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1 March 2017

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Understanding Pakistan's Water-Security Nexus

This report provides a preliminary analysis of water management within a critical national context. Pakistan’s Water-Security Nexus is the focus…

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United States Institute of Peace

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Node and Regime: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Mekong Region

This report re-examines the findings and recommendations of a major nexus research-for-development project in the Mekong region. It shows that…

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Water Alternatives

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Multi-objective Optimization for Analysis of Changing Trade-offs in the Nepalese Water-Energy-Food Nexus with Hydropower Development

This report proposes a spatially explicit framework that couples two well-established water and power system models to develop a decision…

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Water (journal)

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24 February 2017

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Millennium Villages Project-Mali

This paper discusses the Columbia Water Center’s (in conjunction with the Millennium Villages Project in Mali), the developed and tested…

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Columbia Water Center

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Mapping The Energy-Water Nexus around the Pacific Rim

In efforts to better inform the energy-water nexus dialogue, this paper builds on and extends the previously noted work in…

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Sandia National Laboratories

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Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns

While reservoir operations for hydroelectricity production might support irrigation, there are also well-known cases where hydroelectricity production reduces water availability…

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Environmental Research Letters

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28 February 2017

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The Status of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Asia and the Pacific

This report traces the debate, analysis and action on the water, food and energy security nexus. Considering the complex interactions…

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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades

Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated country like India is a major challenge. It requires…

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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

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26 June 2017

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades

Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated country like India is a major challenge. It requires…

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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

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26 June 2017

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus

This article provides information on solutions for the water-food-energy nexus, reflects on nexus interventions at the policy level (including a…

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Water for Food Faculty Publications

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus

This article provides information on solutions for the water-food-energy nexus, reflects on nexus interventions at the policy level (including a…

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Water for Food Faculty Publications

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Water-Energy Nexus in Saudi Arabia

This work provides a comprehensive analysis of the interdependence of water and energy in Saudi Arabia, including collecting data to…

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Energy Procedia

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1 May 2017

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Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Asia Pacific Region

Security measures of three resources; water, energy and food are analyzed for thirty two countries in the Asia Pacific region…

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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

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1 June 2017

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Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Asia Pacific Region

Security measures of three resources; water, energy and food are analyzed for thirty two countries in the Asia Pacific region…

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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

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1 June 2017

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Water Savings of Crop Redistribution in the United States

Recent research on the food-water nexus has highlighted how some major agricultural regions of the world lack the water resources…

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Water — Open Access Journal

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30 January 2017

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Food Consumption and Related Water Resources in Nordic Cities

This paper quantifies this water dependency with respect to food consumption in nine cities in the five Nordic countries (Sweden,…

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Ecological Indicators

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1 March 2017