...greatly reducing the entrainment and impingement of aquatic wildlife and reducing thermal pollution by limiting hot water returns. Image Credits: zhangyang13576997233/Shutterstock.com; Jeffrey M. Phillips/Webber Energy Group; Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock.com; iofoto/Shutterstock.com; Brisbane/Shutterstock.com....

...based on their lithology, or the material which makes up the formation. Tap the buttons to select each aquifer. Image Credits: Sean Nel/Shutterstock.com; NASA/JPL/University of Texas Center for Space Research....

...readings per month, so new software and data management capabilities will be needed for utilities upgrading to newer systems. Image Credits: Courtesy/Itron; Eric Broder Van Dyke/Shutterstock.com; John Panella/Shutterstock.com; Cedric Crucke/Shutterstock.com....

...thermal energy (heat) or mechanical energy (motion). Thus, a new definition of humanity emerges; humans intentionally manipulate energy, but other species do not. Image Credits: Vincent St. Thomas/Shutterstock.com; Robert Gray/Shutterstock.com....

...Drought drains $2.2 billion from farm economy,” The Modesto Bee, July 15, 2014, accessed December 27, 2014, http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article3167892.html; “Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Table of Events,” National Centers for Environmental...

...paradigm focused on long-term sustainability. A new mindset allows solutions that will enable us to manage the water-energy nexus holistically heralding a better future. Image Credits: pan demin/Shutterstock.com; Sabino Parente/Shutterstock.com....

...the world. While the cumulative installed desalination capacity continues to increase, the rate at which new projects come online has slowed from 2010 to 2016. Despite relative water wealth, the...

...of India,” New York Times, July 31, 2012; and “Power Grid Failures: FAQs,” Hindustan Times, accessed January 4, 2015, link; “Power cut causes major disruption in northern India,” BBC News,...

...water entering water and wastewater treatment plants becomes more polluted with time. As the population grows, discharges into waterways increase while the purity of that water decreases. For example, concerns...