Agriculture and Thermoelectric Power Generation draws almost 90% of fresh water. The trend in electricity generation is moving towards renewal resources such as wind, solar and geothermal, which requires very little water. These new resources reduce the green-house gasses and water usage. However, harvesting Geothermal energy as a renewal resource requires a great deal of water treatment. The paper discusses in depth the challenges facing the geothermal industry for managing the geothermal brines, maximizing the energy recovery, and asset protection. Different segments of a geothermal plant have unique challenges and require innovating solutions. Most of the geothermal plants also have unique designs based on the enthalpy and the brine chemistry of the resource. American Water Technologists have excellent solutions for water treatment and are very familiar with handling the basic problems of scale, corrosion, deposit and biofouling. Geothermal systems have the same challenges and require similar solutions, however, under different environment, which are discussed in this paper.

Agriculture and Thermoelectric Power Generation draws almost 90% of fresh water. The trend in electricity generation is moving towards renewal resources such as wind, solar and geothermal, which requires very little water. These new resources reduce the green-house gasses and water usage. However, harvesting Geothermal energy as a renewal resource requires a great deal of water treatment. The paper discusses in depth the challenges facing the geothermal industry for managing the geothermal brines, maximizing the energy recovery, and asset protection. Different segments of a geothermal plant have unique challenges and require innovating solutions. Most of the geothermal plants also have unique designs based on the enthalpy and the brine chemistry of the resource. American Water Technologists have excellent solutions for water treatment and are very familiar with handling the basic problems of scale, corrosion, deposit and biofouling. Geothermal systems have the same challenges and require similar solutions, however, under different environment, which are discussed in this paper.

Agriculture and Thermoelectric Power Generation draws almost 90% of fresh water. The trend in electricity generation is moving towards renewal resources such as wind, solar and geothermal, which requires very little water. These new resources reduce the green-house gasses and water usage. However, harvesting Geothermal energy as a renewal resource requires a great deal of water treatment. The paper discusses in depth the challenges facing the geothermal industry for managing the geothermal brines, maximizing the energy recovery, and asset protection. Different segments of a geothermal plant have unique challenges and require innovating solutions. Most of the geothermal plants also have unique designs based on the enthalpy and the brine chemistry of the resource. American Water Technologists have excellent solutions for water treatment and are very familiar with handling the basic problems of scale, corrosion, deposit and biofouling. Geothermal systems have the same challenges and require similar solutions, however, under different environment, which are discussed in this paper.