Water

Scientific American Special Edition, October 2008.

Web page outlining the water requirements of producing electricity using thermoelectric sources.

An interactive site from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill News 21 project. Watch a video introducing energy's drain on water, take part in an interactive challenge to balance a town's water and energy needs and investigate the water requirements of energy production across the country. 

A resource of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense program.

This program provides statistics, graphics, reports and news on the water-energy nexus.

This is a resource of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Energy Analysis program that outlines the issues of the water-energy connection.

This resource is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy on increasing the energy efficiency of your household water heater.

This website provides statistics and information on the energy involved with producing bottled water in the U.S. from the Pacific Institute.

The Water for Energy - Energy For Water forum, held at the University of California San Diego in February 2009, explores the complex relationship between water and energy.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing on the Energy and Water Integration Act of 2009 features six experts on the water-energy connection.