E-discussion on "Operationalizing water-energy nexus in Nepal" (9-20 March, 2014)

[vishnu pandey]

2014.03.09

 

Dear Distinguished Participants,

Welcome to e-discussion on “Operationalizing water-energy nexus in Nepal”!

 

This online discussion is organized jointly by Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water (CREEW), The Small Earth Nepal (SEN) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as one of the events of Nepal National Water Week 2014 (NNWW-2014) – a week long program since 2008 – to celebrate World Water Day (22 March) and World Meteorological Day (23 March). Please visit http://www.smallearth.org.np/detail.php?cid=192&id=6 for more details

 

BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES & SUB-THEMES:

UN-Water has dedicated World Water Day 2014 to the theme “Water and Energy”. About 15% of the world’s total water is withdrawn for energy production (World Energy Outlook, 2012), which is approximately the same rate that water flows down the Ganges River in South Asia. Water and energy has symbiotic relationship. Production and consumption of water involve energy use and energy production requires water for consumptive as well as non-consumptive use. Integration of water and energy policies into a single framework is necessary for optimizing resource use and this in turn demand proper estimation of water-energy linkage. The water-energy nexus lobbies for putting water in energy security agenda and vice-versa. The water-energy nexus is the relationship between how much water is evaporates to generate and transmit energy, and how much energy it takes to collect, clean, move, store, and dispose water.

 

Operationalizing water-energy nexus in policies and practices is a challenging endeavor. Synthesizing viewpoints of diverse stakeholders may help devise strategies to operationalize water-energy nexus in policies and practices. In this context, this e-discussion has following two objectives:

 

·         To provide a common platform for young to senior scholars, academia, practitioner and policy makers in the areas of water and energy for sharing ideas to operationalize water-energy nexus in Nepalese context

·         To synthesize current issues, efforts and ways forward to quantify and channelize the nexus approach in policy and practice in Nepal

 

We are expecting your thoughts, arguments, queries and lessons learnt sticking on the following sub-themes;    

 

·         Current status of water-energy nexus research in Nepal: ongoing and planned research, their outcomes, lessons learnt

·         Barriers in operationalizing water-energy nexus in policies and practices

·         Experience from other parts of the world in operationalizing water-energy nexus in policies and practices

·         Ways forward

 

GUIDELINES FOR POSTING/DISCUSSION:

·         Introduce yourself (name, organization, area of expertise/interest) in your first posting

·         Your views should be specific to one or more of the sub-themes for e-discussion

·         Your posting should not be biased to particular institution, individual, geography, culture, etc. In that case moderators can edit, ask you to edit or reject the statement from posting.

·         Mention whether your views/ideas are your personal or institutional

 

DISCUSSION SCHEDULE:

The e-discussion starts immediately after this opening email on 2013.03.09 and ends after closing note on 2013.03.20. The time corresponds to Local time at Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

MODERATORS:

·         Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Research Faculty at Asian Institute of Technology and Management, AITM)

·         Dr. Sangam Shrestha (Asst. Prof of Water Engineering and Management at Asian Institute of Technology, AIT)

·         Mr. Dilli Bhattarai (Program Coordinator at The Small Earth Nepal, SEN)

 

Note: New participants can join this group by clicking “JOIN THIS GROUP” at following link: http://www.smallearth.org.np/detail.php?cid=191&id=6

 

Please kindly circulate the information to interested/relevant persons in your network.

Sincerely Yours,

Vishnu Prasad Pandey, PhD
Sangam Shrestha, PhD
Dilli Bhattarai

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Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey

Research Faculty

Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM),
Knowledge Village, Khumaltar Height, P.O.Box 25, Nepal

Phone: (+977) 984-131-8939 (Cell), (01) 554-1179 (Off)

URL: http://www.aitm.edu.np/

[Gyan Kumar Chhipi Shrestha]

Dear all,

I am Gyan Kumar Chhipi Shrestha, currently a PhD student in the Univeristy of British Columbia, Canada. My research area is to develop energy efficient urban water system. I am pleased and also thank to the team for the continuation of the e-discussion which was first started in 2011 (World Water Day) and I was the moderator at that time. 

 

I want to initiate my talk with the following general points: 

·        Water and energy are interlinked and should be dealt in integrated way for the sustainability of these both sectors.

·        While producing energy, the water use should be minimized and also the saved water itself saves energy as it also has embodied energy.

·        While producing and utilizing the water, it should be energy efficient and also the saved energy itself saves water as it also has water footprint.

·        One better way to deal sustainability of these two sectors is by life cycle approach. 

Thanks

Regards,  

    

 

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