DOE OSTI · 3002308
Advancing Manufacturing Water Resilience: Addressing Risks through New Approaches and Technologies
Abstract
Water is indispensable in manufacturing operations, and many manufacturers operate on the assumption that water of sufficient quality and quantity will be available whenever and wherever needed. As such, the importance of water to this sector has been overlooked, despite its critical importance for operations and meeting production demands, due to perceived sufficient availability and low cost of water to manufacturers. However, the situation is changing as water-related risks are markedly increasing due to aging infrastructure, changing climate, and resource extraction, which alter global and regional water cycles and characteristics. These changes are occurring against a backdrop of intensifying competition from other sectors for scarce and/or unevenly distributed water resources and changing trends in water needs. Section 1 of this report explores those risks in the U.S. context, while the remaining sections detail the work needed to advance the resilience of manufacturing water supplies to these changing risks by filling critical data gaps, re-evaluating the value of water to manufacturers, and advancing opportunities for novel technologies and analyses. The intended audience for this report is broad, including manufacturers, decision makers, researchers, and policymakers.
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Rao, Prakash [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Fuchs, Heidi [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Alsaffar, Amal [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)], Armstrong, Kristina [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000329770618), Chalasani, Sravan [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Das, Sujit [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)], Gonzalez, Susana Garcia [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)], Graziano, Diane J. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)], Karki, Unique [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Malhotra, Mini [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000284614792), McCall, James [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)], Nimbalkar, Sachin U. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000208269720), Petit, Frédéric [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)], Sanchez, Lino [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)], Spencer, Rob [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)], Supekar, Sarang D. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)], Thirumaran, Kiran [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)]. 2025-05-01. Advancing Manufacturing Water Resilience: Addressing Risks through New Approaches and Technologies. https://doi.org/10.2172/3002308
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