Infrastructure Nexus News

Our infrastructure for water, energy, transportation, and food is all interconnected.  Changes to one have consequences in the others.  Below are links to several articles that explore these interconnections.

Agriculture, Food & Water

Everglades restoration clash looming over questions of water quality (Reid, A., South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Feb. 23, 2013)

Making Rain in the American Southwest: How Irrigation Strengthens the Monsoon (Famiglietti, J., National Geographic Water Currents, Feb. 10, 2013)

The real threat to our future is peak water (Brown, L., Observer, July 6,2013)

Sugar Farmers Attack Everglades Water-Pollution Report (Palombo, J., WFSU, Feb. 21, 2013)

Water Scarcity Seen Raising Risk to U.K. Agriculture Production (McFerron, W., Bloomburg, July 10, 2013)

Water Shortage Could Soak Food Firms (Spinner, J., Food Production Daily, July 10, 2013)

Energy & Water

Capitalizing on Where Water and Energy Meet (Young, R. Energy Collective, Feb. 18, 2013)

Coal Production Falling in China Due to Water Shortage (Wu, M., OANDA, July 23, 2013)

Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs (Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2012)

Fracking at the corner of energy abundance and water scarcity (Warren, J., Christian Science Monitor, Energy Voice blog, July 15, 2013)

Information on the Quantity, Quality, and Management of Water Produced during Oil and Gas Production (GAO, 2012)

Snake River Alliance and Idaho Rivers United Call on the Department of Energy to Address Water and Energy Security (Idaho State Journal, July 23, 2013)

Where Is All Of The Water Going? A Look At Which Energy Resources Are Gulping Down Our Water (Zennerrer,K., Forbes, July 25, 2013)

Other

Nexus News (Infrastructure Watch, Feb. 13, 2013)

Google