Food and Water

Environmental Water Efficiency: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Costs of Environmental Water Use and Management

Historically, the focus has been: how much water does the environment need? Finding the “right” allocation of water between consumptive and environmental water uses is a question of allocative efficiency. However, once water is allocated to the environment, question becomes: how can we get the best outcomes from this water?

Carbon Dioxide Desalination

Carbon Dioxide Desalination

Imagine a scenario where CO2 greenhouse gas emissions could be used to desalinate briny water. This would be a creative way of killing two birds with one stone, namely helping to ameliorate global-warming-induced climate change and producing high quality water for agriculture and drinking purposes.