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Navigating Energy and Water Without a Roadmap

"Where the hell is that Roadmap Report?" is the question people keep asking Sandia Lab’s Mike Hightower. The DOE has returned the report an astounding 22 times.

Power and Water Utilities: An Unlikely Alliance

March 22nd is both World Water Day and the kick-off to the Year of Water Cooperation, so it's a perfect time to highlight the unlikely alliance between wastewater and power plants.

What Brings Americans Together? The Energy-Water Nexus. (Really!)

The energy-water nexus can bridge the cavernous partisan divide? According to a recent poll, Americans overwhelmingly agree that the nation must transition to a new energy future that protects our water supply.

Really? Shale Gas Fracking Uses a Lot of Water? Really!

Why did oil and gas giant Apache Corporation celebrate their monumental frack job in one case and downplay it in another? In a word: water (and a lot of it). Check out our excellent infographic on hydraulic fracturing's problematic thirst.

Natural Gas Fracking

The role that natural gas fracking will play in the United States' energy future is rapidly evolving.

Water Use, Withdrawal and Consumption: What Does It All Mean?

Water use can take two forms - consumption or withdrawal. It's important to understand the difference between the two.

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Arsenic compounds are approved as feed additives in the US, and are administered to chickens to speed growth and kill parasites.
65 percent of Americans say that there should be more regulation of fracking for natural gas.
Natural gas is the largest source of energy produced in the US followed by coal, oil, renewable and nuclear. (As of 2011)
41% of energy used in the home is for space heating, which is the #1 energy user in our homes.
About 50 million Americans get sick from unsafe food each year, resulting in over 100,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.
Red tape can add up: Local permitting and inspection add $0.50 per watt, or $2,516 per residential install, to the cost of solar.
The majority of oil the US oil imports are from Canada (24%), Mexico (9%), Saudi Arabia (12%), Nigeria (11%) and Venezuela (10%).
Of the world's leading 57 crops, 39 benefit from natural pollinators, such as birds and insects.
Only.007% of all water on earth is accessible for direct human use.
25 percent of all freshwater consumed in the US is associated with discarded food -- about as much as the volume of Lake Erie.
20 percent of energy used in homes is for water heating
Nearly 70% of swine confinement workers suffer from a respiratory illness or irritation. 58% of workers suffer chronic bronchitis.
Of all sources of energy consumed in the United States, oil provides the largest share at 36 percent.
In 2010, 14.5 percent of American households and 20 percent of households with children were food insecure at some point.
It takes 520 million MWh of electricity per year to move, treat and heat water in the U.S. this is 13% of the total U.S. electrical consumption.

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Associated Posts

Navigating Energy and Water Without a Roadmap

Power and Water Utilities: An Unlikely Alliance

What Brings Americans Together? The Energy-Water Nexus. (Really!)

Really? Shale Gas Fracking Uses a Lot of Water? Really!

Natural Gas Fracking

Water Use, Withdrawal and Consumption: What Does It All Mean?

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