AI & Environment Resource HubReig et al. · 2026-07-07
This working paper proposes the first comprehensive approach to calculate water withdrawals and consumption associated with purchased electricity. It provides the first international country-level and U.S. subnational-level water use factors detailing the grid-average water withdrawal and consumption resulting from a unit of electricity consumption
Reig et al.. 2026-07-07. Guidance for Calculating Water Use Embedded in Purchased Electricity. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/guidance-calculating-water-use-embedded-purchased-electricity_0.pdf (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record paper-485; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).
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