An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK
The water and wastewater sectors of England and Wales (E&W) are energy-intensive. Although E&W's water sector is of international interest, in particular due to the early experience with privatisation, for the time being, few published data on energy usage exist. We analysed tel...
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| author | Majid, A Cardenes, I Zorn, C Russell, T Colquhoun, K Banares-Alcantara, R Hall, JW |
| author_facet | Majid, A Cardenes, I Zorn, C Russell, T Colquhoun, K Banares-Alcantara, R Hall, JW |
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| description | The water and wastewater sectors of England and Wales (E&W) are energy-intensive. Although E&W's water sector is of international interest, in particular due to the early experience with privatisation, for the time being, few published data on energy usage exist. We analysed telemetry energy-use data from ThamesWater Utilities Ltd. (TWUL), the largest water and wastewater company in the UK, which serves one of the largest mega-cities in the world, London. In our analysis, we: (1) break down energy use into their components; (2) present a statistical approach to handling seasonal and random cycles in data; and (3) derive energy-intensity (kWh m-3) metrics and compare them with other regions in the world. We show that electricity use in the sector grew by around 10.8 ± 0.4% year-1 as the utility coped with growing demands and stormwater flooding. The energy-intensity of water services in each of the utility's service zone was measured in the range 0.46-0.92 kWh m-3. Plans to improve the efficiency of the system could yield benefits in lower energy-intensity, but the overall energy saving would be temporary as external pressures from population and climate change are driving up water and energy use. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4d02d4f2-9c48-4d2f-b91d-4db8a1e2bb672022-03-26T15:52:53ZAn analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4d02d4f2-9c48-4d2f-b91d-4db8a1e2bb67EnglishSymplectic ElementsMDPI2020Majid, ACardenes, IZorn, CRussell, TColquhoun, KBanares-Alcantara, RHall, JWThe water and wastewater sectors of England and Wales (E&W) are energy-intensive. Although E&W's water sector is of international interest, in particular due to the early experience with privatisation, for the time being, few published data on energy usage exist. We analysed telemetry energy-use data from ThamesWater Utilities Ltd. (TWUL), the largest water and wastewater company in the UK, which serves one of the largest mega-cities in the world, London. In our analysis, we: (1) break down energy use into their components; (2) present a statistical approach to handling seasonal and random cycles in data; and (3) derive energy-intensity (kWh m-3) metrics and compare them with other regions in the world. We show that electricity use in the sector grew by around 10.8 ± 0.4% year-1 as the utility coped with growing demands and stormwater flooding. The energy-intensity of water services in each of the utility's service zone was measured in the range 0.46-0.92 kWh m-3. Plans to improve the efficiency of the system could yield benefits in lower energy-intensity, but the overall energy saving would be temporary as external pressures from population and climate change are driving up water and energy use. |
| spellingShingle | Majid, A Cardenes, I Zorn, C Russell, T Colquhoun, K Banares-Alcantara, R Hall, JW An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title | An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title_full | An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title_short | An analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in South East England, UK |
| title_sort | analysis of electricity consumption patterns in the water and wastewater sectors in south east england uk |
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