Via CleanTechies, a look at the challenges of the watergy nexus, particularly as the cost of energy to obtain fresh water keeps rising. For example, as the article notes: “…on average, for every barrel of oil currently recovered, eight barrels of wastewater are also generated. That’s quite a statistic, and probably one not many people […]
Read more »Via The Denver Post, a revealing look at the water required for hydraulic fracking along Colorado’s Front Range: Oil and gas drillers have bought at least 500 million gallons of water this year from cities for use in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” along Colorado’s Front Range. Now they need more. It’s the only way they’ll […]
Read more »Via Grist.org, a report on the looming watergy nexus crisis facing Texas. “…In case anyone missed it, Texas had a big drought last summer — the worst one-year droughtin the state’s history. Lakes dried, animals were slaughtered, cities imposed lawn-watering restrictions, the governor prayed for rain. Among the doom-and-gloom sector of the left, talk has […]
Read more »While discussed in a previous post, here is a direct link to the Union of Concerned Scientist’ recent report on the water-energy nexus. As the report’s summary says: Power plants are thirsty. Take the average amount of water flowing over Niagara Falls in a minute. Now triple it. That’s almost how much water power plants […]
Read more »Two articles on a recent Union of Concerned Scientists/Energy and Water in a Warming World report looking at the watergy nexus in the United States. The first, via the New York Times, notes: Data from 2008 show that power plants in Texas and Massachusetts consume the most water in the cooling process. The first […]
Read more »Via The Los Angeles Times, an interesting article on the impact that power costs and climate-change regulations are having upon Southern California’s long reliance upon imported water. As the report notes: The Julian Hinds Pumping Plant is one of the hydraulic hearts of California’s vast water supply system, built to push water from where it […]
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