H51O:
The Land-Water-Energy Nexus: Hydrologic and Carbon Implications of Conventional, Unconventional, and Biofuel-Based Energy Development I Posters


Session ID#: 8765

Session Description:
Many extraction and development techniques for energy generation require heavy use of water and have other environmental consequences. For example, conventional oil/gas extraction uses significant local water resources and rapidly growing unconventional approaches, including hydraulic fracturing, can require similar quantities of fresh or saline water for fracturing and production. Triggering of earthquakes due to liquid waste injection is increasingly being recognized as a significant hazard.  Just as important, surface extraction of oil sands and coal can impact and alter hydrologic conditions and water quality.  Water required to produce biofuels has greatly affected major aquifers in the US. Questions and challenges involve balancing growing economic and energy demands while maintaining water quantity and quality. Critical to coupled water-energy issues are socio-economic and ecologic impacts. We seek contributions exploring the water-energy nexus with a focus on effects on freshwater resources and natural hydrologic systems resulting from current and future energy development.
Primary Convener:  Michael N Gooseff, University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Srinivasulu Ale, Texas Agrilife Research, Vernon, TX, United States, Diogo Bolster, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States and Nithya Rajan, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Chairs:  Michael N Gooseff, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, Srinivasulu Ale, Texas Agrilife Research, Vernon, TX, United States, Nithya Rajan, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States and Diogo Bolster, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Diogo Bolster, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1831 Groundwater quality [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Comparison of the Carbon Budget, Evapotranspiration, and Albedo Effect between the Biofuel Crops Switchgrass and Corn (64588)
Elke Eichelmann1, Claudia Wagner-Riddle2, Jon Steven Warland3, Bill Deen4 and Paul Voroney2, (1)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (2)University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, Guelph, ON, Canada, (3)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Guelph, ON, Canada
Impact of Uncertainty in SWAT Model Simulations on Consequent Decisions on Optimal Crop Management Practices (66545)
Nithya Krishnan1, Kulamulla Parambath Sudheer1, Cibin Raj2 and Indrajeet Chaubey3, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, (2)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (3)Purdue University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Comparison of soil microbial respiration and carbon turnover under perennial and annual biofuel crops in two agricultural soils (67152)
Laura Melissa Szymanski1, Erika Marin-Spiotta1, Gregg R Sanford2, Randall D Jackson2,3 and Katherine A Heckman4, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin- Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin- Madison, Agronomy, Madison, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Livermore, CA, United States
Spatial allocation of future landscape patterns for biomass and alleviation of hydrologic impacts of climate change (69545)
Herbert Ssegane and M. Cristina Negri, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States
Assessing the Impacts of Land Use Change from Cotton to Perennial Bioenergy Grasses on Hydrological Fluxes and Water Quality in a Semi-Arid Agricultural Watershed Using the APEX Model (72984)
Yong Chen1,2, Srinivasulu Ale1 and Nithya Rajan2, (1)Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Vernon, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University, Soil and Crop Sciences, College Station, TX, United States
Carbon Dynamics of Bioenergy Cropping Systems Compared to Conventional Cotton Cropping Systems in the Southern Cotton Belt Region of the U.S. (75070)
Nithya Rajan, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Sumit Sharma, Texas Tech University, Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, United States, Ken Casey, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo, TX, United States and Stephen j Maas, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Land Use Strategies for Optimizing Carbon Sequestration within the Head of the Lower Mississippi Watershed (78941)
Liam Weaver, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
Comparing the water-use-efficiency of maize and biomass sorghum grown in the rain-fed, Midwestern US. (83698)
Matthew Roby1, Andrew D VanLoocke1, Emily Heaton2, Fernando Miguez2 and Maria Salas Fernandez1, (1)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, (2)Iowa State University, Ames, United States
Bridging Science and Public Understanding of Water-Energy Nexus: Opportunities for broader impact connections with InTeGrate (67439)
Cailin Huyck Orr1, Cathryn Allen Manduca2 and Monica Bruckner1, (1)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States, (2)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
Ground Energy Balance For Shallow Geothermal Systems (69000)
Jaime Rivera, ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland and Peter Bayer, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
Harnessing Potential Evaporation as a Renewable Energy Resource With Water-Saving Benefits (69921)
Ahmet-Hamdi Cavusoglu1, Xi Chen2, Pierre Gentine3 and Ozgur Sahin2,4, (1)Columbia University of New York, Chemical Engineering, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Columbia University of New York, Biological Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (3)Columbia University, Earth Institute, New York, United States, (4)Columbia University of New York, Physics, New York, NY, United States
Natural methane occurrence in domestic wells is common in sodium-rich shallow groundwater in valley settings overlying the Marcellus Shale (70620)
Laura Lautz1, Kayla Christian2, Gregory D Hoke3, Donald I Siegel3, Zunli Lu4 and John D Kessler5, (1)Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States, (2)Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States, (3)Syracuse University, Earth Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States, (4)Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States, (5)University of Rochester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States
Using electrical resistivity imaging to understand surface coal mine hydrogeology (72703)
Erich T Hester, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Breeyn M Greer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Thomas J Burbey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Carl E Zipper, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Determining Regional Sensitivity to Energy-Related Water Withdrawals in Minnesota (74042)
Ailsa McCulloch, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Kate A Brauman, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States
Impacts of geothermal energy developments on hydrological environment in hot spring areas (76140)
Makoto Taniguchi, RIHN Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
Using Oil and Gas Well Log Records to Understand Possible Connections Between Wastewater Injection Zones and Usable Groundwater Aquifers in California (81980)
David Shimabukuro1, Emily Ann Haugen1, Claire Battistella2, Edward William Treguboff2 and Julie Marie Kale2, (1)California State University Sacramento, Geology Department, Sacramento, CA, United States, (2)California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States

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