Archive for August, 2014

Oil Companies Fracking Into Drinking Water Sources
August 15th, 2014

Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at the impact of fracking in the US: Energy companies are fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed, sometimes through underground sources of drinking water, according to research released Tuesday by Stanford University scientists. Though researchers cautioned their study of hydraulic fracturing, or […]

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Urban Water-Energy Strategies In China
August 13th, 2014

Via China Water Risk, a look at urban watergy strategies being debated in China: Highlights -Urban WEN strategies are crucial as coal-power generation is shifting westwards to water scarce regions -There are a variety of price & non-price (subsidies, retrofitting…) management tools to reduce WEN demands -Pulbic education & promoting conservation awareness in schools are […]

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Bone On Bone: The Colorado River And Energy In The Time Of Drought
August 12th, 2014

Via the Denver Post, an interesting article on impact of a receding Lake Powell on electricity supplies in the western USA: Colorado water leaders used a curious approach last week in announcing a new water conservation program involving the Colorado River. They talked about electricity and the effect of spiking prices on corn farmers in […]

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Fracking Makes California’s Drought Worse
August 2nd, 2014

Via EcoWatch, a report on fracking in California: California is in the middle of an epic water shortage, with nearly 80 percent  of the state experiencing “extreme or exceptional” drought conditions. Check out this animated map to get a sense of how extensively the drought has impacted the Golden State. Things have gotten so bad that California […]

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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.”