Archive for March, 2017

Water Scarcity Behind Decline in Thermal Power Generation in India
March 17th, 2017

Via The Wire, a report on the watergy impact of India’s current drought: As India continues to rely on conventional sources of energy, with thermal power contributing a major proportion of all the electricity produced in the country, acute shortage of water around power plants appears to be having an impact on the power output with […]

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Oil, Oil Everywhere But Not A Drop To Frack
March 9th, 2017

Via the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an article examining if water scarcity will constrain an expected rise in drilling activity: With oil prices stabilizing in response to recent OPEC production cuts, drilling activity in the US is again on the rise.  As competition heats up in the most prolific production areas in the US, investors are […]

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Desalination: Efforts To Reduce Its Watergy Footprint
March 4th, 2017

Via News Deeply, commentary on desalination and efforts to reduce the energy side of the watergy equation: AS CALIFORNIA LABORED under a severe drought for more than five years, industry and media debated the pros and cons of desalination coming to the rescue of the drought-stricken state. About a dozen or so desalination plants have been […]

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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.”