Sec. 1112. National energy-water nexus database
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Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall establish and maintain an energy-water nexus database. The purposes of the database are— to advance the availability, timely distribution, and widespread use of data and information relating to the energy-water nexus for energy and water management, education, research, assessment, and monitoring purposes; to advance understanding of interactions between energy and water systems through access to data, including models and modeling results; to promote data collection and information management with respect to— the uses, characteristics, and ultimate fate of water used for or produced in oil and gas production, including safe and appropriate reuse of these non-traditional waters; water consumption based on metered data; and energy use in water systems; to increase accessibility to, and expand the use of, data and information relating to the energy-water nexus, in a standard, easy-to-use format, by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, communities, educational institutions, and the private sector, while leveraging existing data at Federal agencies; to facilitate the open exchange of information relating to the energy-water nexus in the face of changing technologies, changes in demand, and climate change; and to make data, modeling, and modeling results relating to the energy-water nexus of the Department of Energy widely available.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Energy shall— integrate data and information relating to the energy-water nexus into an interoperable, national, geospatially referenced energy-water data framework; identify new data and information needs relating to the energy-water nexus; use existing shared databases, infrastructure, monitoring networks, and tools to provide— a platform for innovation, predictive analytics, modeling and data sharing, and solution development for data and information relating to the energy-water nexus; and nationally uniform water and energy use data; support energy-water nexus data and information sharing, applied research, and educational programs of State, local, and tribal governments, communities, educational institutions, and the private sector; promote enhanced cooperation among Federal and State agencies, including cooperation in sensing, surveying, compilation, analysis, modeling, presentation, and interactive updating of data sets to improve data quality and usability; and develop the energy-water nexus database to integrate with other open data systems where appropriate.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027.