TY - DATA T1 - Modeled freshwater deliveries to the municipal and agricultural users of the ACF basin (left) and the surface and groundwater supplies used PY - 2013/09/11 AU - D Yates AU - J Meldrum AU - F Flores-Lopez AU - Michelle Davis UR - https://iop.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Modeled_freshwater_deliveries_to_the_municipal_and_agricultural_users_of_the_ACF_basin_left_and_the/1011875 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.1011875.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/1479700 KW - ACF Basin KW - water bodies KW - drier future climate KW - river temperatures KW - water impacts KW - water resources KW - future scenario KW - BAU electricity mix scenario KW - weap KW - groundwater supplies KW - planning KW - energy deployment system KW - water evaluation KW - Environmental Science N2 - Figure 5. Modeled freshwater deliveries to the municipal and agricultural users of the ACF basin (left) and the surface and groundwater supplies used. Results are from the BAU electricity mix scenario. Abstract Recent studies on the relationship between thermoelectric cooling and water resources have been made at coarse geographic resolution and do not adequately evaluate the localized water impacts on specific rivers and water bodies. We present the application of an integrated electricity generation–water resources planning model of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint (ACF) and Alabama–Coosa–Tallapoosa (ACT) rivers based on the regional energy deployment system (ReEDS) and the water evaluation and planning (WEAP) system. A future scenario that includes a growing population and warmer, drier regional climate shows that benefits from a low-carbon, electricity fuel-mix could help maintain river temperatures below once-through coal-plants. These impacts are shown to be localized, as the cumulative impacts of different electric fuel-mix scenarios are muted in this relatively water-rich region, even in a warmer and drier future climate. ER -