DYK: Water Costs More Than Waste
Did you know that U.S. water systems need to invest $472.6 billion over the next 20 years to continue providing clean safe drinking water?
DYK: How Much Water Do We Use?
Did you know in 2015, total U.S. water use was approximately 322 billion gallons per day where California and Texas accounted for 16% of U.S. total water withdrawals?
DYK: Where Does Your Water Come From?
Where Does Your Water Come From? Approximately 87% of the U.S. population relied on public water supply in 2015; the remainder relies on water from domestic wells.
DYK: Renewable Energy Needs Critical Elements
Did you know silicon, tellurium, and indium are necessary parts of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels?
DYK: What Makes Technology Click
Did you know rare earth elements are a group of 17 elements used in various products such as alloys, batteries, and catalysts? No readily available substitutes exist for most rare earth elements. Unless action is taken, the U.S. could face an annual shortfall of up to...
DYK: Landfills What A Waster
Did you know in 2015, 52.5% of MSW generated in the U.S. was disposed of in 1,738 landfills? Imagine what it's like today!!! The 2017 combined capacity of the two largest landfill corporations in the U.S. was more than 10 billion cubic yards. That is over 3 million...
DYK: Garbage Can Cost You
Did you know the generation of MSW from private consumption in the U.S. is approximately $21.32 per pound or 47 lbs per thousand dollars? Comparable generation rates (in lbs/thousand dollars) are 40 in the UK, 50 in Sweden, and 61 in Germany.
DYK: Waste, Waste As Far As You Can See
Did you know total annual Municipal Solid Waste generation in the U.S. has increased by 73% since 1980, to the current level of about 262 million tons per year? Can you imagine what it is now!? Further, generation increased by 22% over the same time period, from 3.7...
DYK: Pumped Hydroelctric Storage
Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing the water from the higher reservoir through a hydroelectric turbine only when electricity is needed? 94% of U.S. energy storage is from...
DYK: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
DYK-Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) CAES captures and stores compressed air in an underground cavern. To create electricity, the pressurized air is heated and expanded in an expansion turbine, driving a generator. As of June 2018, there are 4 operating CAES...