Ontario's Water-Energy Nexus: Will We Find Ourselves in Hot Water... or Tap into Opportunity?

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dc.contributor.authorMaas, Carol
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T19:40:19Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T19:40:19Z
dc.date.copyright2010en_US
dc.date.issued2010-04-01
dc.description.abstractPOLIS' second report on the water-energy nexus offers Ontario’s first estimate of the large quantities of energy used to pump, treat and heat water and to generate steam. The study reveals that pumping and treating water and wastewater consumes enough energy to light every home in the province. In addition, heating water for activities such as showering and doing laundry was found to be the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the residential and commercial sectors because of the heavy reliance on fossil fuels. As a result of these findings, initiatives to support greater water conservation and efficiency could be a path to realizing future energy savings, to the benefit of municipalities, taxpayers and our environment.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOntario Ministry of the Environment, Ontario Climate Change Secretariaten_US
dc.identifier.citationMaas, C. (2010, April). Ontario’s Water-Energy Nexus: Will We Find Ourselves in Hot Water… or Tap into Opportunity?—POLIS Research Report 10-01. Victoria, Canada: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7967
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPOLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoriaen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectwater-energy nexusen_US
dc.subjectOntarioen_US
dc.subjectfossil fuelsen_US
dc.titleOntario's Water-Energy Nexus: Will We Find Ourselves in Hot Water... or Tap into Opportunity?en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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