WATER FOR ENERGY_1975

Authors

• Allen V. Kneese, University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research
• F. Lee Brown, University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1975

Abstract

The report analyzes the water requirements of major energy-production technologies and evaluates the potential consequences of large-scale domestic fossil-fuel development, particularly in the arid western United States. The authors review water demands associated with coal mining, coal gasification, coal liquefaction, oil shale processing, thermal electric generation, refinery operations, transportation systems, sulfur-removal technologies, secondary petroleum recovery, and land reclamation. They emphasize that energy production depends heavily on water for cooling, processing, dust control, transportation, pollution control, and reclamation activities and that rapid expansion of domestic energy supplies could create significant competition for limited water resources.

Recommended Citation

Kneese, Allen V., and F. Lee Brown. Water for Energy. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Institute for Social Research and Development, 1975.