Open AccessWhat is “The Energy‐Water Nexus”?
Author(s) -
Sehlke Gerald
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of contemporary water research and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1936-704X
pISSN - 1936-7031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2009.00059.x
Subject(s) - water resources , recreation , natural resource economics , nexus (standard) , population , work (physics) , natural resource , water energy nexus , agriculture , environmental protection , business , agricultural economics , environmental science , geography , engineering , ecology , economics , embedded system , mechanical engineering , demography , archaeology , sociology , biology
The U.S. is a nation rich in energy, water, and other natural resources and it has aggressively harnessed many of these resources, both within our country and abroad. We have utilized these resources to become one of the wealthiest societies on earth. Our energy and water resources are essential to our economic and social wellbeing and to our national and economic security. As the U.S. population continues to increase and to migrate into more remote and extreme areas there will be ever-increasing demands for energy and water.