A survey of water utilities' digital transformation: drivers, impacts, and enabling technologies

I Daniel, NK Ajami, A Castelletti, D Savic, RA Stewart… - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and urbanization challenge utilities' pursuit of water security worldwide.
While water utilities are directly impacted by climate change, their operations also contribute …

Irrigation decision support systems (idss) for california's water–nutrient–energy nexus

G Jha, F Nicolas, R Schmidt, K Suvočarev, D Diaz… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
California has unsustainable use of agricultural water and energy, as well as problems of
severe drought, nitrate pollution and groundwater salinity. As the leading producer and …

Urban development and resource endowments shape natural resource utilization efficiency in Chinese cities

Y Liu, F Lu, C Xian, Z Ouyang - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving the efficiency with which natural resources are utilized is an indispensable for
achieving sustainable development and carbon neutrality. By analyzing the utilization …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of re-processing mine tailings to obtain critical raw materials using real options analysis

N Araya, Y Ramírez, A Kraslawski… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The re-processing of mine tailings to obtain critical raw materials (CRMs) could reduce the
mining of new deposits as well as ensure the profitable use of the waste materials. Though …

Socio-hydrology: a new understanding to unite or a new science to divide?

K Madani, M Shafiee-Jood - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The socio-hydrology community has been very successful in promoting the need for taking
the human factor into account in the mainstream hydrology literature since 2012. However …

Guiding urban water management towards 1.5° C

S Parkinson - npj Clean Water, 2021 - nature.com
Reliable access to clean and affordable water is prerequisite for human well being, but its
provision in cities generates environmental externalities including greenhouse gas (GHG) …

[HTML][HTML] Use of real options to enhance water-energy nexus in mine tailings management

N Araya, Y Ramírez, LA Cisternas, A Kraslawski - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The tailing storage facility is the largest water sink in most mines. An incorrect management
of water content in mine tailings can become a threat to their stability, and consequently …

Water-carbon nexus relationship and interaction mechanism analysis within Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration

Z Luo, L Ji, Y Xie, L Zhai, Y Cai - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
As the total water resources consumption control and carbon mitigation continuous
improvement, the weak water-carbon incorporate management is increasingly exposed. In …

Analysis of carbon emissions from social water cycle in the Pearl River Delta of COVID-19: Perspectives from water-energy-carbon nexus

X Yan, J Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon emissions from various sectors during COVID-19 pandemic have become a hot
research topic. However, the impact of COVID-19 on carbon emissions from social water …

Prioritize effluent quality, operational costs or global warming?–using predictive control of wastewater aeration for flexible management of objectives in WRRFs

PA Stentoft, T Munk-Nielsen, JK Møller, H Madsen… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a general model predictive control (MPC) algorithm for optimizing
wastewater aeration in Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF) under different …