Land and water use for energy production and extraction in the Colorado River Basin

This data release contains data associated with the journal article “Land and water use for energy in the Colorado River Basin”. The area of interest is defined by the counties intersecting with the Colorado River Basin (HUC-7 and HUC-8) and a shapefile outlining these counties has been included. The data release includes 4 child items and metadata files that provide descriptions of the processing steps, original data sources, and attributes. “Electricity_Producing_Facilities” provides information on location, capacity,generation, land use, and water use at individual power plants. “Land_Cover_Digitized_Facilities” provides digitized polygons of individual power plants and energy extraction facilities that were used to determine land use estimates for the different power plant types. “Coal_Mine_Facilities” provides location, production, land use, and water use at individual coal mines. “2mi_Fishnet_oil_and_gas” provides an overview of oil and gas production, treatment water use, and well count in the years 2015 and 2019 within the Colorado River Basin counties.

本数据集发布包关联于期刊论文《科罗拉多河流域能源开发的土地与水资源利用》。本研究关注区域由与科罗拉多河流域（HUC-7与HUC-8水文单元）相交的县域划定，配套提供了用于勾勒该类县域的形状文件（shapefile）。本数据集发布包共包含4个子数据集与元数据文件，元数据文件将对数据处理流程、原始数据源与数据属性进行详细说明。其中，“发电设施（Electricity_Producing_Facilities）”提供各发电厂的位置、装机容量、发电量、土地利用情况与水资源消耗数据；“设施数字化土地覆盖图层（Land_Cover_Digitized_Facilities）”包含各发电厂与能源开采设施的数字化多边形矢量数据，用于测算不同类型发电厂的土地使用量；“煤矿设施（Coal_Mine_Facilities）”提供各煤矿的位置、产能、土地利用情况与水资源消耗数据；“2英里网格油气数据集（2mi_Fishnet_oil_and_gas）”则展示了2015年与2019年科罗拉多河流域县域内的油气产量、处理用水情况与油井数量概况。