Via the Washington Post, a look at the southwest US drought’s watergy impact: The floor rumbled under Mark Cook. His legs vibrated as he stood in a tunnel tucked into the thick base of Hoover Dam, 430 feet below the tourists looking out over Lake Mead. Beneath him, water roared through steel pipes 13 feet […]
Read more »Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting look at watergy: A water-pumping plant along the Colorado River Aqueduct, which is one of the three major aqueducts that bring water to Los Angeles. In Modesto, Calif., utility records chart an 18 percent rise in farmers’ energy use in 2014 compared with 2013. No evidence shows exactly […]
Read more »Via LinkedIn, commentary on the watergy nexus: In an era when engineering has pushed the envelope of production possibilities, the challenge may no longer be to attain greater heights, but rather to promote the longevity and viability of limited resources, like water. Back in the days when economies were organic, production depended on land, […]
Read more »Via China Water Risk, an overview of a new report on watergy in China: China’s waterscape is changing. Water risks in China, be they physical, economic or regulatory, have great social-economic impact and are well recognized. China Water Risk (CWR) has encouraged a comprehensive view of such water risks since our launch in October 2011 with the […]
Read more »Via Inter Press Service, a look at the tight watergy nexus in Brazil: In Brazil water and electricity go together, and two years of scant rainfall have left tens of millions of people on the verge of water and power rationing, boosting arguments for the need to fight deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Two-thirds of […]
Read more »Via E&E Publishing, an article on the watergy implications of China’s thirst for clean drinking water: China has long been accused of using too much water to produce energy, but now some of its coastal cities are compounding this problem by planning for desalination, which will spike both their energy needs and their emissions. According […]
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