Archive for September, 2013

Water, Energy And The Ohio River Valley’s New Course
September 1st, 2013

Via Circle of Blue, a report discussin how few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and water than the Ohio River valley: Shale development in North Dakota. Few places in the United States better understand the economically essential and ecologically risky accord between energy and […]

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Increased Fracking Raises Water Supply Issue
September 1st, 2013

Via The Albuquerque Journal, an article on the watergy implications of New Mexico’s fracking industry: The growth in hydraulic fracturing to expand oil and gas production in New Mexico is raising fresh questions about the amount of the state’s scarce water needed to carry out the task, state legislators said Thursday. But a three-hour hearing […]

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About This Blog And Its Author
As the scarcity of water and energy continues to grow, the linkage between these two critical resources will become more defined and even more acute in the months ahead.  This blog is committed to analyzing and referencing articles, reports, and interviews that can help unlock the nascent, complex and expanding linkages between water and energy -- The Watergy Nexus -- and will endeavor to provide a central clearinghouse for insightful articles and comments for all to consider.

Educated at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts - History) and Harvard (Master in Public Policy - International Development), Monty Simus has held a lifelong interest in environmental and conservation issues, primarily as they relate to freshwater scarcity, renewable energy, and national park policy.  Working from a water-scarce base in Las Vegas with his wife and son, he is the founder of Water Politics, an organization dedicated to the identification and analysis of geopolitical water issues arising from the world’s growing and vast water deficits, and is also a co-founder of SmartMarkets, an eco-preneurial venture that applies web 2.0 technology and online social networking innovations to motivate energy & water conservation.  He previously worked for an independent power producer in Central Asia; co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, titled: “The Water Ethic: The Inexorable Birth Of A Certain Alienable Right”; and authored an article appearing in the inaugural issue of Johns Hopkins University's Global Water Magazine in July 2010 titled: “H2Own: The Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits.”