...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...

...track grams of emissions or liters of fuel consumed per kilometer traveled) To comply with the regulations, power plant smokestacks switch to cleaner fuels, invest in more efficient components, or...

...industrial wastewater treatment facilities at a great distance, to recycle and reuse the water in subsequent wells on site, and to treat the wastewater with new equipment. Image Credits: PhotoSky/Shutterstock.com....

...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....

...people would have perished. Filmmaker Jared Dann tells the story of the Teton Dam disaster and its aftermath in this short film. (8:00) Image Credits: saiko3p/Shutterstock.com; Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com; Jane Rix/Shutterstock.com....

...7 (2015), 1326-1338, accessed August 30, 2016, doi: 10.1002/2014MS000400. Hydroelectric generation in California dropped more than 65% during the multi-year drought from 2011 to 2015. Image Credits: James Mattil/Shutterstock.com; spiritofamerica/stock.adobe.com....

One approach to solving the interdependency of energy and water is to develop water-lean energy systems. For example, as noted earlier, newer, more efficient natural gas combined-cycle power plants release...

Water and civilization go hand-in-hand. The idea of a “hydraulic civilization” argues that water is the unifying context and justification for many large-scale civilizations throughout history. For example, the various...

...dry-cooling technology but not without efficiency losses, particularly on hot days. Nonetheless, some solar companies have committed to dry-cooling systems to avoid the political, geographic, and environmental barriers posed by...