Pumped-storage hydroelectricity stores energy in the form of water pumped when energy is available from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation one.
Fracking breaks gas from its underground fetters using water pumped down from above.
At present, farmers in the Central Valley consume over 80% of the water pumped south.
Water pumped around a network of fountains provides a constant background tinkle throughout the grounds.
In the main square revellers are sprayed with water pumped from fire trucks.
Thousands of South Texas agricultural jobs depend upon water pumped from the Rio Grande.
But this water, pumped up from the aquifer, is becoming increasingly brackish.
Towns that rely on groundwater (water pumped from deep underground) face an even bigger disadvantage.
In Las Vegas, bacterial growth led water managers to chlorinate the water pumped underground.
Water stressed cities now import water, pumped over large distances at a considerable energy cost.
The settlement resembled an alien outpost, with its own power-generation system and its water pumped on-site.
