by Ellie Cabell | June 8, 2023 | Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Social Media, Water
Agrivoltaics is the practice of using land concurrently for solar panels and agriculture. In 1981, German physicist Adolf Goetzberger and researcher Armin Zastrow found that crops grew faster and used less water when grown underneath solar panels, rather than...
by Liam Smith | August 3, 2022 | Drinking Water, Energy, Industry, Irrigation, Social Media, Water
The Viability of Desalination by Wilson Moyer In the hot, parched suburbs of Carlsbad, California, a water facility works tenaciously to draw up enough water to turn on sprinklers, sinks, and showers for over 3 million people.[i] On the surface level, the consumption...
by Liam Smith | December 8, 2021 | Energy, Location, Water
California has come up with a truly Californian way to save their dwindling amounts of water: by covering canals with solar panels. According to nature.com, researchers from various UC campuses conducted a feasibility study of the effects of covering California’s open...
by Liam Smith | November 16, 2021 | Energy, Social Media, Water
How does energy relate to water use? Water and Energy are often managed separately, despite the important links between the two. Water is used in the production of nearly every major energy source. Likewise, energy is used in multiple ways and multiple steps in water...
by Liam Smith | August 16, 2021 | Drinking Water, Energy, Health, Irrigation, Location, Population, Water, Women
While the world watches Afghanistan in horror, IXWater is worried that the Taliban will overtake or cut off access to water, a critical need for sustaining life. For centuries, much water has been transported via an underground irrigation system called Qanat/Karez....
by Ellie Cabell | February 4, 2021 | COVID-19, Energy, Social Media
Covid-19 affected the world in ways we don’t often think about. One is energy usage. Globally, the energy market saw the largest reduction in consumption in 70 years. In the first quarter of 2020, demand for energy fell by 3.8% compared to 2019. Lockdowns are...
