July 31st, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting report that water will become an even bigger commodity than oil in the years ahead, sparking massive geopolitical investment, audacious infrastructure schemes, and tensions along the way: In a 37-page note on Thursday, the bank’s global strategists recommend investors play the urbanisation trend by buying into water companies […]
Read more »FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Release of U.S. Department of Energy’s ‘Water-Energy Roadmap’
June 30th, 2011
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting article tracking the Energy Department’s unusual unwillingness to disclose the National Energy-Water Roadmap. As the report notes: “…A lawsuit filed this week in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. accuses the U.S. Department of Energy of withholding a crucial study on how to solve the national confrontation between […]
Read more »June 23rd, 2011
Via EcoCentric, an interesting article on the increasing impact on water by power generation assets in the United States: The power industry has a water addiction, and worse yet, it’s in denial about it. The unmistakable fact is that power plants are responsible for 49 percent of all water withdrawals in the United States, more […]
Read more »Energy Efficiency Absorbs Water
May 24th, 2011
Via The Daily Energy Report, an article on a new white paper published by The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Alliance for Water Efficiency that describes the co-dependence of water and energy resources and outlines strategies to use both more efficiently. As the article notes: “Efforts have been underway for decades to […]
Read more »May 19th, 2011
Efforts have been underway for decades to conserve both energy and water, but never in concert. This is unfortunate because energy uses a lot of water and water uses a lot of energy. However, via a GreenTechies article, we have learned of a report that takes a look at the issue from a holistic perspective. […]
Read more »Energy Use in Water Utilities: No Longer ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’
May 19th, 2011
Via The Alliance To Save Energy, an interesting report on the growing recognition of the issue of energy use in water utilities, one aspect of the watergy nexus. As the article notes: “…An estimated 3% of the United States’ total energy use is consumed by extracting, treating and conveying water. In some municipalities, drinking water […]
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