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The Energy-Water Relationship Is AlreadyUnder Strain• Record heat wave in France in 2003– nuclear power plants dialed back because of inlet watertemperatures (less cooling capability) and rejection watertemperature limits• Droughts could close nuclear power plants: Southeast watershortage a factor in huge cooling requirements– Associated Press, January 23, 2008• Civil War Between Georgia and Tennessee?– Georgians want access to Tennessee water– The Tennessean, February 8, 2008– move the border 1 mile north to give GA access to theNickajack Reservoir on the dammed Tennessee riverMichael E. <strong>Webber</strong>, Ph.D.Energy and Water 24March 5, 2011
Las Vegas Running Out of Water MeansDimming Los Angeles Lights• The surface of Lake Mead has dropped 100 feet in six years. If itdrops 50 feet lower, Las Vegas could lose an intake that supplies 40percent of its water. Simultaneously, "Hoover Dam stops generatingelectricity– Denver Post, 1/29/2008Worst 10-year droughtin recorded historyHoover Dam provideselectricity to 750,000people in LABloomberg.com, 2/26/09A white "bathtub ring" on canyon walls at LakeMead National Recreation Area in July showsmineral deposits left by higher levels of water nearthe Arizona Intake Towers at the Hoover Dam.(Ethan Miller, Getty Images )Michael E. <strong>Webber</strong>, Ph.D.Energy and Water 25March 5, 2011
Page 1 and 2: The Nexus of Energy & WaterAPS, Ber
Page 3 and 4: Control of Water Is Related to Econ
Page 5 and 6: Sustained Droughts Are Correlated w
Page 7 and 8: The Energy-Water Nexus: Can we solv
Page 9 and 10: The Hydrological Cycle is Global•
Page 11 and 12: There Are Four Main Points to Remem
Page 13 and 14: Energy and Water are InterrelatedSo
Page 15 and 16: There Are Two Main Cooling Approach
Page 17 and 18: The Thermoelectric Power Sector is
Page 19 and 20: The Water Sector Uses a Lot of Ener
Page 21 and 22: We Use Water From a Variety of Sour
Page 23: The Energy-Water Relationship Is Al
Page 27 and 28: Trends Imply That Strain in the Ene
Page 29 and 30: We Are Moving Towards More Water-In
Page 31 and 32: There Are Some Solutions Being Deve
Page 33 and 34: Example of Disaggregated Energy and
Page 35 and 36: Timescales Do Not Match for Energy
Page 37 and 38: There Are Energy/Water Policy Tools
Page 39 and 40: Good news: energy conservation and

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