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GAO report: Energy-Water Nexus: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs

Posted Tue, 2012/10/23 - 2:44pm by RCAP

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released on Sept. 13 a new report about the nexus between water and energy and warning that we’re running out of water because energy production is using too much of it, and leaving it unusable.

The office does not produce news releases about its reports, and so what follows are the findings as a way of summarizing the report, copied verbatim from its website.

Read the full report

EPA webinar on solar energy for water and wastewater utilities on October 11

Posted Thu, 2012/09/20 - 11:48am by RCAP

On Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET, EPA will host a webinar on solar energy and water and wastewater utilities. The webinar will detail the process of implementing solar-energy projects in such utilities, the various types of solar technologies available and where they can be most appropriately used, while highlighting innovative funding approaches (including those with no up-front capital requirements) that result in long-term energy cost savings and stability.

Video highlights a utility's use of Clean Water State Revolving Fund to invest in water recycling and reuse

Posted Fri, 2012/09/07 - 9:33am by RCAP

EPA has made available online a video highlighting the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, a regional wastewater service provider and distributor of wholesale and recycled water in California, which used the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program to conserve water and reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.