Download or read book Consumptive Water Use in Liquid Fuel Production written by Pasquale D. Battista and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The production of energy feedstocks and fuels requires substantial water input. Not only do biofuel feedstocks like corn, switchgrass, and agricultural residues need water for growth and conversion to ethanol, but petroleum feedstocks like crude oil and oil sands also require large volumes of water for drilling, extraction, and conversion into petroleum products. Moreover, in many cases, crude oil production is increasingly water dependent. Competing uses strain available water resources and raise the specter of resource depletion and environmental degradation. Water management has become a ke.