2.8 billion people live in areas of high water stress
2.5 billion people have unreliable or no access to electricity
By 2050, the world will need 55% more water and global energy demand will increase by 70%, against the backdrop of climate change
Energy needs water - thermoelectric power generation accounts for 45% of U.S. freshwater withdrawal, or 161 billion cubic meters
Water needs energy - 24 billion cubic meters of drinking water is desalinated yearly, consuming up to 66 TWh of energy and is equivalent to emitting 46 million metric tonnes of CO2
Sources: UN WWAR and WWDR, IEA, IRENA, World Bank, U.S. EIA, U.S. EPA, USGS, GWI Desal. Markets 2016
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January 27, 2023
Ph.D. student Eliza Dach is awarded the Best Presenter in the 2023 Graduate Student Symposium of Earth and Environmental Engineering Department!
January 27, 2023
Yip lab group members presented their research at the 2023 Graduate Student Symposium of Earth and Environmental Engineering Department!
January 24, 2023
Undergrad researcher Karen is named 2023-24 Churchill Scholars!
