Archive for January, 2014

Balancing Water And Energy Needs
January 24th, 2014

Via Eurasia Review, an interesting look at the watergy nexus: Water is critical for producing power and the treatment and transport of water requires energy, mainly in the form of electricity. Even though the interdependency between water and energy is gaining wider recognition worldwide, water and energy planning often remain distinct. The tradeoffs involved in […]

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Will Water Constrain Our Energy Future?
January 22nd, 2014

Via the World Bank, commentary on the watergy nexus: The world’s energy systems are inextricably linked with water systems. With demand rising for both resources, water scarcity can threaten the long-term viability of energy projects and hinder development. To mitigate the risks of the challenge, the World Bank has launched Thirsty Energy, a global initiative […]

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Thirsty Energy: Energy and Water’s Interdependence
January 21st, 2014

Via the World Bank, an interesting graphic on watergy:

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Will California Frack? Not Without Water.
January 18th, 2014

Via The Christian Science Monitor, a report on how California’s water crisis threatens to hamper oil and gas production and put an end to a Bakken-like bonanza: Drilling for oil in California dates back to the late 19th Century, allowing it to become the country’s top producer by the beginning of the 20th. One hundred years later, […]

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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.”