Around 4% of global electricity is used for providing tap water. That number is only going to increase and its carbon emissions rival that of aviation. But a surprisingly simple idea can make our water supply more sustainable: In-pipe energy.
Credits:
Reporter: Serdar Vardar
Camera: Killian Bayer
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk, Michael Trobridge, Kiyo Dörrer
Special thanks to: Scott DeNeale
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Read more:
"Pumped Storage and Potential Hydropower from Conduits" by U.S. Department of Energy:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/articles/pumped-storage-and-potential-hydropower-conduits&ved=2ahUKEwjx8-K-x7H_AhX9S_EDHRrlATYQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2kKbLVADKKez_NgEzYjxyF
On U.S. conduit hydropower capacity potential by Oak Ridge National Library:
https://www.ornl.gov/news/existing-water-infrastructure-may-hold-key-generating-more-hydropower /Full report: https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/Files/Pub176069.pdf
"In-Conduit Hydropower Project" by ALDEN:
https://www.mass.gov/doc/in-conduit-hydropower-project-phase-2-report/download
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Energy intensive tap water
3:27 Harvesting the excess pressure
4:22 How much energy can we get?
7:22 Potential in the Global South
8:40 Outro