Dataset: Guidance for Calculating Water Use Embedded in Purchased Electricity
This dataset includes appendices for Guidance for Calculating Water Use Embedded in Purchased Electricity.
Guidance for Calculating Water Use Embedded in Purchased Electricity provides the first comprehensive approach published that guides organizations on how to calculate upstream water withdrawals and consumption associated with purchased electricity. In addition to a structured methodology, the guidance document provides international country-level and U.S. subnational-level water use factors detailing grid average water withdrawal and consumption resulting from electricity consumption.
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