Sustainability assessment approaches based on water-energy Nexus: Fictions and nonfictions about non-conventional water resources

Yazdandoost, Farhad; Noruzi, Mohammad Masud; Yazdani, S.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143703

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“…Other issues and challenges include mainly the efficiency and viability of technologies such as dew/fog and rain harvesting, due to uneven meteorological conditions and climate variability that constitute severe constraints in arid and semi-arid areas and influence the commercial exploitation of these technologies. The connection between the use of NWR and energy and the critical goal of applying policies/technologies/practices according to the high-efficiency concept, based mostly on lower water and energy consumption, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, is also an issue [114].…”

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The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity

Angelakis,

Tchobanoglous,

Capodaglio

et al. 2024

Water

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According to FAO, water scarcity is now affecting all five continents and is expected to intensify in the coming years as the water demands of the growing population increase and the impacts of climate variability become more pronounced. The existing unevenness of water resource availability and insufficient investment in relevant infrastructure have forced the water sector to recognize the importance of nonconventional water resources (NWR) in planning for a sustainable water future. The purpose of this review is to highlight the available and potentially available NWR and to discuss the future application of these water sources.

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Section: Challenges For Nwrmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity

Angelakis,

Tchobanoglous,

Capodaglio

et al. 2024

Water

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“…The evolution of human society and economy depends on water resources [1]. There is currently a global scarcity of water resources and an insufficient sustainable water supply due to the rapidly increasing population, the fast-developing socioeconomic sector, and the impacts of climate change [2][3][4][5].…”

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The Analysis of Present and Future Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources in Heilongjiang Province, China

Guo,

Sun,

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Analyzing the development trend of non-conventional water resources and identifying the main influencing factors is the initial step toward rapidly increasing the utilization and allocation of these resources in a rational and scientific manner. This will help relieve pressure on water resources and improve the ecological environment. This study introduces the concept of comparison testing and employs advanced Dematel and Random Forest models to identify two sets of optimal indicators from a pool of nine. Based on the two best indicator sets, three prediction models—BP neural network, Particle Swarm Optimization-optimized BP neural network, and Genetic neural network—were used to forecast the future potential of non-conventional water resource use in Heilongjiang Province. The findings reveal that economic indicators are the most significant factors influencing Heilongjiang Province’s utilization of non-conventional water resources. The findings of this study help us understand the extent of development in utilizing non-conventional water resources.

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“…The first is the direct adjustment of water resources for redistribution and storage. This mainly includes direct water transfer, the construction of canals, dams, reservoirs, and other projects (Liu et al 2021), and unconventional water consumption (Yazdandoost et al 2021). The property that waters is challenging to transport makes physical water transfer extraordinarily costly and difficult to build (Purvis & Dinar, 2020).…”

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Mapping the virtual water trade in water-scarce basin: an environmentally extended input-output analysis in the Yellow River Basin of China

Zhang,

Niu,

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The mismatch between the distribution of water resources and the industrial structure has led to an increasingly prosperous regional trade, with many water resources flowing from the production to the consumption regions. This paper maps the inside and outside virtual water trade of the Yellow River Basin, applying the environmentally extended input-output model to evaluate the external dependence of water in the Yellow River Basin. The results show that the Yellow River Basin mobilizes 27.2 billion of virtual water flowing into other regions despite water scarcity, equivalent to half the runoff of the Yellow River. The leading destination for outflow is the Eastern coast, and the largest virtual water outflow sector is Agriculture and Manufacturing. The inequity of the inside virtual water trade of the Yellow River Basin is severe, with large amounts of virtual water flowing from poor to rich regions. It exacerbates water scarcity in poor regions.

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Sustainability assessment approaches based on water-energy Nexus: Fictions and nonfictions about non-conventional water resources

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity

The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity

The Analysis of Present and Future Use of Non-Conventional Water Resources in Heilongjiang Province, China

Mapping the virtual water trade in water-scarce basin: an environmentally extended input-output analysis in the Yellow River Basin of China

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