Water/energy efficiency

Worldwide energy use is expected to grow by more than 60 percent over the next 20 years. Energy consumed for delivering water equals the total amount of energy used in Japan and Taiwan combined, about seven percent of total world consumption. In most water systems around the world, energy consumption can be reduced by at least 25 percent by taking cost-effective efficiency actions. About two to three percent of the world's energy use is used to pump and treat water for urban residents and industry. Eliminating unaccounted-for water (leaks, theft, etc.) in many large cities in developing countries would more than double the amount of water available for delivery and drastically reduce energy usage.

Case Studies

South Africans gain access to drinking water Dwarsloop, South Africa | March 31, 2005 Today, as result of a USAID-funded project, water is flowing freely in Thulamahashe and Dwarsloop, and in other towns and villages in Bushbuckridge, an area in northeastern South Africa with some 140 communities and about 800,000 people. Learn more

Recovering water utility costs, a first in Egypt

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Moroccans secure precious natural resource

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