More Coherent Approach to Water, Energy Relationship Needed, DOE Says

摘要

There is a growing need for a more coherent approach to addressing the relationship between water and energy as the increasingly uncertain water supply poses potential vulnerabilities in the U.S. energy system, according to an Energy Department report released June 18. Water is used in all stages of energy production and electricity generation, while energy is required to extract, convey, and deliver water for human uses and then to treat wastewaters. But current efforts to understand and respond to the connections between water and energy-known as the water-energy nexus-are complex and fragmented, the report said.