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Water-Energy Nexus

A section of Water (ISSN 2073-4441).

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The Section “Water–Energy Nexus” focuses on advancing our fundamental understanding and offering practical solutions at the interface of water and energy systems. It aims to examine the role of water resources in supporting energy production and electricity generation, as well as the energy required to sustain water supply, treatment, and management. This Section emphasizes the critical importance of the water–energy relationship in ensuring resource security, enhancing system resilience, and supporting sustainable development under climate change. It welcomes contributions that explore interactions between water and energy infrastructures, integrated assessment and modeling of coupled systems, innovative technologies to improve efficiency, and policy-relevant studies that support co-optimization and risk management. Both original research and review articles covering theory, field studies, engineering applications, and system analysis are encouraged.

The topics covered in this Section include, but are not limited to, the following:

All aspects of the relationship between the water used for energy production and electricity generation and the energy required to extract, clean, deliver, store, and dispose of water;
Water and energy security;
Interactions between water and energy systems;
Connections between water and energy infrastructures;
Hydropower;
Integrated water–carbon footprint studies;
Climate change impacts on water and energy systems;
Integrated water and energy system modeling;
Integrated assessment of policies addressing water–energy issues;
Risk assessment and projection for water and energy systems;
Water and energy system management;
Optimization of water efficiency in energy production;
Optimization of energy efficiency in water supply and management;
Co-optimization of the water–energy nexus;
Water–energy nexus technologies.