Clean Energy Solutions: Potential Impacts on Water Quality and Quantity

Presentation by By Evangelia Murgia, Hydrogeologist

Clean energy solutions are crucial for building a sustainable future, with technologies like solar power, bioenergy, and hydropower offering promising alternatives to fossil fuels. However, these solutions often come with overlooked challenges, particularly in their impact on freshwater quality and quantity. This presentation will explore the potential water-related drawbacks of these technologies and discuss important considerations for climate action planning to ensure a more comprehensive and balanced environmental approach.

Evangelia Murgia is a senior hydrogeologist with ten years experience. Evangelia completed both her master's and bachelor's degrees at Western Michigan University while performing research on contaminant fate and transport in fractured bedrock aquifers. She has worked on numerous hydrogeologic studies across the state of Michigan, focusing on projects related to PFAs and other industrial contamination, high quantity water withdrawals, coastal erosion, and glacial aquifers. Evangelia has experience working on large scale projects across academia,…