There’s a lot of talk in the water/wastewater industry about conserving energy and conserving water. But in the bigger picture, the two are intimately connected in what has come to be called the water-energy nexus.
How are they connected? Well, for example, it takes a great deal of energy to draw water from its source, treat it for drinking, distribute it to the population, then collect it as wastewater and treat it again for discharge back to the environment. And on the flip side, it takes enormous amounts of water to produce energy: Big electric power plants use water for process
