The World’s Interconnected Infrastructure

Our infrastructure for water, energy, transportation, food production, health and everything else in for connected systems that interact with each other.  Links to a collection of recent articles on this subject appear below.

WATER & ENERGY

The Energy Water Nexus (Murphy, T., Do the Math, Oct. 2, 2012)

Sewage for heat, trend within a trend (Koroluk, K., Daily Commercial News, Oct. 4, 2012)

Water and Energy: A Texas Nexus (Janson, H., Triple Pundit, Oct. 15, 2012)

Drought Withers U.S. Corn Crop, Heats Debate on Ethanol (Schulte, B., National Geographic, Sept. 6, 2012)

Energy and Water Challenges (Ghani, R., Pakistan Observer, Sept. 25, 2012)

Energy Generation’s Water Demands a Huge ‘Hidden Cost’ (Environmental Leader, Sept. 21, 2012)

Energy Policies have Water and Other Hidden Costs (Water Spouts Blog, Sept. 21, 2012)

Energy-Water Nexus: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs (Government Acccountability Office, Sept. 13, 2012)

Tidal power gets a stormy birth off coast of Scotland (Schukman, D., BBC, May 17, 2012)

WATER & FOOD

Drought Creates War Over Water (CBS News, Oct. 4, 2012)

Drought Sparks Water War in Texas (Werner, A., CBS News, Oct. 4, 2012)

How Food Production Impacts Water Quality (Selman, M., WRI Insights, Aug. 23, 2012)

Pork and bacon shortage 'unavoidable' as record drought raises feed costs (Rushe, D., Guardian, Sept. 25, 2012)

The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact (Hall, K. D., et al., PLoS One, Nov. 25, 2009)

OTHER

Interconnected Infrastructure (Infrastructure Watch, Sept. 13, 2012)