May 30, 2012

Water and the Future of Energy

Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute
Zysman, Aharoni, Gayer and Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Discussion Topics:

• Water usage as an increasingly significant consideration in all types of energy projects, especially those involving energy sources that are likely to gain prominence in the future: unconventional natural gas, solar and other renewables, and biofuels
• Water issues faced by renewable energy technologies and projects
• Water use and water quality issues in hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas
• Water requirements in the production of biofuels
• Extracting the embedded energy in water and wastewater
• Water and energy efficiency strategies and technologies

Panelists:
Jim Wrathall, Counsel, ZAG/S&W, former Majority Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (moderator)
Mary Ann Dickinson, Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency
Gabriel Eckstein, Of Counsel, ZAG/S&W
Suzanne Hunt, President, HuntGreen, LLC and Senior Advisor, the Carbon War Room
Jerome C. Muys, Jr., Partner, ZAG/S&W