H159
Water Use and Impacts of Emerging and Challenging Economic Sectors
Session ID#: 247177
Session Description:
This session explores water use and impacts across economic sectors that have either been traditionally difficult to quantify or are rapidly evolving with significant water implications. While agriculture remains the dominant global water user, other sectors collectively account for substantial water demands. We welcome contributions examining:Water footprints of transformative and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence infrastructure, data centers, critical mineral extraction Approaches for improving water use estimates in sectors such as industrial processes, mining operations, energy production, and buildingsInnovative monitoring technologies, modeling frameworks, and data collection strategies to enhance water accounting in these sectorsWater management in these sectors, including regulatory challenges, water rights, and market mechanismsInterconnections and tradeoffs between water use across these sectors, including virtual water embedded in supply chains and life cycle assessmentsThis session aims to build a more comprehensive understanding of sectoral water dynamics beyond agriculture.
Index Terms:
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Dr. Christopher Chini, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Predictability & Resiliency Group, Richland, United States
Convener: Landon Marston, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States
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Sophia Bakar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Venkataraman (Venkat) Lakshmi, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States and Peter A. Beling, Virginia Tech, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hume Center for National Security and Technology, Arlington, United States
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Hari Dave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States, Ximing Cai, University of Illinois, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States and Dušan Stipanović, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Urbana, United States
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Eric Sjöstedt1, Kathleen F Fowler2, Richard Rushforth3,4 and Benjamin L Ruddell1, (1)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States, (4)Arizona State University, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Tempe, United States
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Taha Siddiqui1, Hadia Khan1, Muhammad Awais1,2 and Abubakr Muhammad1, (1)Lahore University of Management Sciences, Centre for Water Informatics & Technology (WIT), Lahore, Pakistan, (2)IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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May M Wu1, Kwang Hoon Baek1, Ling Tao2, Yijin Li2, Jiazi Zhang2 and Zhe Huang2, (1)Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States, (2)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, United States
