Publication

This report looks at the energy-water nexus from the fuels perspective. It examines the drivers behind the looming crisis, namely, the US energy portfolio, the water needs of these energy sources, and water scarcity realities. For each of the primary and transportation fuels - conventional oil and gas, unconventional oil and gas, biofuels, hydro fuels, geothermal fluids, coal and uranium - the report examines their role, how water is used in extraction and processing and what impacts these operations have on water quantity and quality.