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This slide presentation outlines an assessment of the risks and benefits of energy management options for drinking water utilities. Key themes and objectives include;covering risks as well as benefits;broad array of energy management options;demand side (energy consumption);supply side (energy acquisition / generation); adopt water utility perspectives;consistent with PWS mission useful Risk Management Framework (demystify); and,making it real and useful (pragmatic, casestudies). Two primary case studies ofTampa Bay Water andCucamonga Valley Water District are outlined.Other participating utilitieswill serve as more modest case studies(vignettes), andrange from Halifax to Southern California. Topics outlined include: The Growing Energy-Water Nexus; The Energy Intensity of IEUA's Water Supplies; Energy Costs of EmergingTreatment Technologies; Average Change in Power Costs byWater Treatment Plant Size; Issues and Trends in Power Sector; risks posed by energy reliance inwater sector; Three Dimensions of EnergyRelated Risks; Utilities Need to Find OwnRisk Balance; Current trends and emphases; Risk Issues for EmergingTreatment Technologies; Risk Strategies; Using Probability - ConsequenceMappings to Develop Your Risk Profile; Risk Mapping Can Also ExploreRisk Management Options; and, Energy Supply-Side Options. Includes figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/01/2006 Number of Pages: 29File Size: 1 file , 560 KB