'Troubled Waters Ahead? Rising Water Risks for Energy'

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Here's an informative article on the rising risks for energy companies w.r.t water. The article says that 'Although agriculture uses two-thirds of global freshwater supplies, energy is by far the largest industrial user (using more than 15% and growing).

With the UN predicting a 40% shortfall in global freshwater by 2030, the energy industry is under increasing scrutiny from the government and public on how it uses freshwater supplies.' Read more @http://www.woodmacresearch.com/cgi-bin/wmprod/portal/energy/highlightsDetail.jsp?oid=11605570

If you have the time, I'd also strongly urge you to watch the video. It lasts for a little more than 8 minutes and is very instructive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sR4DFLiS_o