Water supply and effluent water management dominate top safety concerns.

Black & Veatch’s Strategic Directions in the Electric Utility Industry asked 700 executives from the U.S. electric utility industry about their take on the future ranging from utility pricing to electric vehicles to nuclear power and water issues. (via greentechmedia)

Some important poll results:
– When polled on whether “energy/commodity prices will rise significantly,” 70% of respondents said they “Very strongly agree or agree.”
– On electric utilities’ top safety concerns, water and nuclear waste disposal ranked #1 and #2 respectively.
– When asked to rank top technology and environmental concerns, “water management becomes the most significant environmental issue” ranked #1. This was above energy storage (#2), scrubbers and carbon sequestration (#3), biofuels (#7), bloom box (#8). See above chart.