Making Every Drop Count
WATER
Our energy and water systems are inextricably linked—each depends on the availability of the other. We need water to produce electricity, and energy is required to extract, treat and deliver water. Changing climate conditions that increase drought and flooding are amplifying the risks to our water and energy security.
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Bottled water is
parching the planet.
Bottled water uses excess energy, pollutes the planet and harms our bodies.
Learn how renewable
energy saves water.
45% of all freshwater withdrawals in the U.S. are used for thermoelectric power production. Electricity generated by solar and wind require virtually no water use.
Smart technologies
can help reduce leaks
and save money.
Water scarcity has become an increasingly serious threat due to climate change, growing populations, and aging utility grids.
Despite record-breaking heat waves, a megadrought in the western U.S., and wildfires in Europe, it’s also been a summer of historic rainfall and 1,000 year flooding events.
Wind power can hold back the floods.
Climate change is a growing concern.
Our food systems and climate change are interconnected in a destructive cycle that threaten global food security.
Many of us don’t think twice about turning on the tap to get a glass of water. But that’s a luxury for many people.
Our water is getting tapped out.
Drought doesn’t get the same attention as a powerful hurricane, but it is a creeping disaster that affects more people worldwide than any other natural disaster.
Drought is a creeping disaster.
Flooding is plaguing
our water supplies.
Smart water quality monitoring can help detect drinking water contaminants in flooded areas.
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