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WaterTAP3 Model Input Data for NAWI's Eight Source Water Baseline Analyses

Published by National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: April 25, 2026 at 08:42 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 13, 2025 at 01:55 PM
This folder contains the input data for the WaterTAP3 model that was used for the eight NAWI (National Alliance for Water Innovation) source water baselines studies published in the Environmental Science and Technology special issue: Technology Baselines and Innovation Priorities for Water Treatment and Supply. There are also eight other separate DAMS submissions, one per source water, that include the model results for the published studies. In this data submission, all model inputs across the eight baselines are included. The data structure and content are described in a README.txt file. For more details on how to use the data in WaterTAP3 please refer to the model documentation and GitHub site found at "WaterTAP3 Github" linked in the submission resources.

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description This folder contains the input data for the WaterTAP3 model that was used for the eight NAWI (National Alliance for Water Innovation) source water baselines studies published in the Environmental Science and Technology special issue: Technology Baselines and Innovation Priorities for Water Treatment and Supply. There are also eight other separate DAMS submissions, one per source water, that include the model results for the published studies. In this data submission, all model inputs across the eight baselines are included. The data structure and content are described in a README.txt file. For more details on how to use the data in WaterTAP3 please refer to the model documentation and GitHub site found at "WaterTAP3 Github" linked in the submission resources.
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    "description": "This file contains cost data for the chlorination unit process in WaterTAP3 that is used to calculate the capital costs based on the water flow rate and chlorine dose required. The data comes directly from the User’s Manual for Integrated Treatment Train Toolbox - Potable Reuse (IT3PR) Version 2.0. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains location specific electricity costs used to calculate the electricity costs for each facility and are based on the industrial electricity cost rates reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains the foundational technoeconomic assumptions for a given treatment train (facility). This data is discussed in the Financial Basis Inputs and Data Inputs for WaterTAP3 sections of the WaterTAP3 documentation. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains the inlet water flow rates and constituents for each of facility and source water. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains the key results from a range of EPA water treatment unit model runs, at different flow rates, that were used to create cost curves and any chemical and energy consumption rates for the corresponding unit processes in WaterTAP3. The EPA models can be found at https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-treatment-technology-unit-cost-models. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains the price data for a range of chemicals and catalysts used to calculate unit-process level chemical and catalyst operating and maintenance costs. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file contains the water recovery, represented as fractions, for each unit process in WaterTAP3. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file describes the design of each treatment train including the connections between unit processes and unique unit-specific parameters associated with each case study. Please see the WaterTAP3 documentation for more details on how the file is used in the model with examples. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This file provides the inputs for unit process models that are considered zeroth order, meaning the most basic representation type of a unit process, with cost curves as a function of flow. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "This is the data used to get capital cost curves for the ozone_aop unit in WaterTAP3. The data is taken from User’s Manual for Integrated Treatment Train Toolbox – Potable Reuse (IT3PR) Version 2.0. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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    "description": "his file contains interpolated (adjusted) data from User’s Manual for Integrated Treatment Train Toolbox - Potable Reuse (IT3PR) Version 2.0 used to calculate the capital costs of a UV/AOP system as a function of flow, dose, and UV transmittance. For more information see the provided ReadME file.",
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DOI 10.7481/1855249
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/6472
issued 2022-02-01T07:00:00Z
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  "NAWI",
  "WaterTAP3",
  "agriculture",
  "baseline",
  "brackish",
  "constituent removal",
  "desalination",
  "energy",
  "energy intensity",
  "industrial",
  "levelized cost of water",
  "mining",
  "model",
  "municipal",
  "power",
  "produced water",
  "seawater",
  "techno-economic analysis",
  "techno-economic modeling",
  "treatment train",
  "water recovery"
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landingPage https://data.openei.org/submissions/6472
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2025-08-13T13:55:29Z
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projectTitle NAWI Integrated Data and Analysis
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title WaterTAP3 Model Input Data for NAWI's Eight Source Water Baseline Analyses

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