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Desalination’s Watergy Dilemma
May 9th, 2013

Via OilPrice.com, an interesting look at desalination: Desalination plants consume a significant amount of energy, and the question now is how much energy should we expend on boosting clean drinking water supplies? There are now 17 desalination plants in the proposal process in the US, and each would consume about 15,000 kilowatt-hours of power for […]

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As Oil And Gas Drilling Competes For Water, One New Mexico County Says No
May 5th, 2013

Via National Geographic, an article on the watergy nexus in New Mexico: In drought-plagued New Mexico, water is gold. And this week, Mora County in the northern part of the state took a firm stand to protect its precious liquid:  it banned all oil and gas extraction from county lands.  It is believed to be […]

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Spread of Hydrofracking Could Strain Water Resources in West, Study Finds
May 3rd, 2013

Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the impact that fracking may have upon water resources in the western US: In March, workers at a hydraulic fracturing site in western Colorado monitored water pumping pressure and temperature. The technique of oil and gas extraction, which is commonly called “fracking,” uses injected water to […]

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Watergy Nexus To Exacerbate MENA Region’s Water Scarcity
April 21st, 2013

Via The Saudi Gazette, an interesting article on the impact of the watergy nexus in the Middle East region: The MENA is the world’s most water-scarce region. By 2030, lack of water availability will become a severe constraint to health and socio-economic development in all 17 MENA countries, Frost & Sullivan said in its new […]

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Mexico Lacks Water To Frack For Shale Gas
April 20th, 2013

Via IPS News, a report on Mexico’s water constraint on fracking for shale gas: Mexico plans to expand shale gas exploration this year, but it could run into a shortage of water, which is essential to hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the method used to capture natural gas from shale rocks. “In Mexico there isn’t enough […]

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The Drought Is Drying Up All Our Ethanol
April 4th, 2013

Via Mother Jones, an article on the impact the drought is having upon the ethanol industry: Bill Pracht has bad memories of last summer. “The drought was so bad here that the corn was just decimated,” he recalls of the farm country around Garnett, Kan., where he oversees East Kansas Agri-Energy, an ethanol plant. “Many […]

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About This Blog And Its Author
As the scarcity of water and energy continues to grow, the linkage between these two critical resources will become more defined and even more acute in the months ahead.  This blog is committed to analyzing and referencing articles, reports, and interviews that can help unlock the nascent, complex and expanding linkages between water and energy -- The Watergy Nexus -- and will endeavor to provide a central clearinghouse for insightful articles and comments for all to consider.

Educated at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts - History) and Harvard (Master in Public Policy - International Development), Monty Simus has held a lifelong interest in environmental and conservation issues, primarily as they relate to freshwater scarcity, renewable energy, and national park policy.  Working from a water-scarce base in Las Vegas with his wife and son, he is the founder of Water Politics, an organization dedicated to the identification and analysis of geopolitical water issues arising from the world’s growing and vast water deficits, and is also a co-founder of SmartMarkets, an eco-preneurial venture that applies web 2.0 technology and online social networking innovations to motivate energy & water conservation.  He previously worked for an independent power producer in Central Asia; co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, titled: “The Water Ethic: The Inexorable Birth Of A Certain Alienable Right”; and authored an article appearing in the inaugural issue of Johns Hopkins University's Global Water Magazine in July 2010 titled: “H2Own: The Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits.”