Feb 18, 2020
AWARE-US
We are pleased to announce public release of the monthly AWARE-US model. AWARE-US builds on the AWARE global model and improves on it by incorporating measured data and refined spatial scale at the U.S. county level. In AWARE-US, water-stress impacts of marginal new water consumption are quantified as a water-scarcity footprint, which is the product of monthly water consumption and monthly county-level water-stress characterization factors (CFs).
The online version of the AWARE-US model provides monthly water stress characterization factors (CFs) for all counties in the continental United States. The online tool provides a General User Interface (GUI) that enables users to custom tailor results based multiple criteria including: Geography (State), County (Name), and Time Period (Annual, Month). Further, the model supports the calculation of regionalized water scarcity footprints, contingent on user provided monthly water consumption data.
Development of AWARE-US public version is supported by of Department of Energy Biotechnology Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy (FE). For questions related to AWARE-US Public, please contact [email protected]
For more information regarding model development and applications can be found in our previous publications:
- Lee et al., 2020, Regional and seasonal water stress analysis of United States thermoelectricity, Journal of Cleaner Production
- Xu et al., 2020, Balancing water sustainability and productivity objectives in microalgae cultivation: Siting open ponds by considering seasonal water-stress impact using AWARE-US, Environmental Science and Technology
- Xu et al., 2019,Assessment of algal biofuel resource potential in the United States with consideration of regional water stress, Algal Research, 37, 30-39
- Lee et al., 2019,AWARE-US: Quantifying water stress impacts of energy systems in the United States, Science of The Total Environment, 648, 1313-1322
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