March 4th, 2017
Via News Deeply, commentary on desalination and efforts to reduce the energy side of the watergy equation: AS CALIFORNIA LABORED under a severe drought for more than five years, industry and media debated the pros and cons of desalination coming to the rescue of the drought-stricken state. About a dozen or so desalination plants have been […]
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February 15th, 2017
Via Advanced Energy Economy, an article on water and energy efficiency solutions: As droughts and population growth have sharpened the focus on water use, water efficiency solutions have emerged across multiple sectors and technologies. The following is an overview of some key solutions for efficient water use: Installing efficient appliances and devices, including low-flow plumbing fixtures, in homes […]
Read more »January 30th, 2017
Via Congressional Research Service, a new report providing background on energy for facilities that treat and deliver water to end users and also dispose of and discharge wastewater: Water and energy are resources that are reciprocally and mutually linked, because meeting energy needs requires water, often in large quantities, for mining, fuel production, hydropower, and […]
Read more »Private Water Companies Lobby For More Fracking
January 26th, 2017
Via Water Online, an interesting article illuminating a different side of the watergy impacts of fracking: The country’s two largest private water utility companies are participants in a massive lobbying effort to expand controversial shale gas drilling — a heavy industrial activity that promises to enrich the water companies but may also put drinking water […]
Read more »January 18th, 2017
Via EcoWatch, a report on the watergy impact of fracking: Just north of Denver lies Colorado’s most productive agricultural region, Weld County. Its rolling hills, grasslands and South Platte River system provide fertile ground for dairy cows, beef cattle, corn, sugar beets and forage crops. But Weld County also sits on top of the Niobrara […]
Read more »China’s Hydro Expansion Will Fail Without Energy Market Reform
January 14th, 2017
Via India Climate Dialogue, a look at the need for China to tackle shrinking demand in the energy sector before bringing more hydropower online: Energy demand in China is slowing. This is causing a major headache for the hydropower sector, which has invested heavily in new projects in recent years. The continued construction of hydropower, as […]
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