Saving water saves energy. Saving energy saves water. There is a growing awareness that water and energy issues are closely connected. What's not yet widely understood is just how much water we can save by saving energy, and how much energy we can save by saving water. The potential is enormous.

In a world where we are already seeing the effects of a variety of harmful feedback loops, we urgently need to create and take full advantage of as many beneficial feedback loops as possible. It is difficult to imagine a better one than water and energy.

The more energy we save, the easier it is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. The more water we save, the easier it is to maintain a healthy and climate-resilient environment. Understanding these relationships between water and energy is more important than ever in today's changing world.

Through our new Saving Water, Saving Energy project, River Network is working to show how much water and energy we can save, how we can do it, and how we can get started today.

Please explore this portion of our website to learn more about this issue and how you can make a difference.

To see how you can immediately take action to begin fighting climate change by saving water and energy, click here or on the icon below.

To visit EPA's new web site on the water-energy connection, click here.

For an informative recent article describing the water-energy nexus, click here.

For a more in-depth look at the water-energy nexus, see the Department of Energy Report to Congress: Energy Demands on Water Resources