Waternet is responsible for drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, and surface water management and control (quality and quantity) in and around Amsterdam. Waternet has the ambition to operate climate neutral in 2020. To realise this ambition, measures are required to compensate for the emission of 53,000 ton CO2-eq/year. Energy recovery from the water cycle looks very promising. First, calculations reveal that energy recovery from the water cycle in and around Amsterdam may contribute to a total reduction in greenhouse gas emissions up to 148,000 ton CO2-eq/year. The challenge for the coming years is to choose combinations of all the possibilities to fulfil the energy demand as much as possible. Only then the use of fossil fuel can be minimized and inevitable greenhouse gas emissions can be compensated, supporting the target to operate climate neutral in 2020.
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January 01 2012
Climate change mitigation by recovery of energy from the water cycle: a new challenge for water management Available to Purchase
J. P. van der Hoek
1Waternet, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk 7, 1096 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department Water Management, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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Water Sci Technol (2012) 65 (1): 135–141.
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Received:
June 17 2011
Accepted:
August 12 2011
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J. P. van der Hoek; Climate change mitigation by recovery of energy from the water cycle: a new challenge for water management. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2012; 65 (1): 135–141. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.820
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