We want to be able to cool and heat our homes. Heating water for bathing, cleaning, laundering clothes is important to the way we want to live. And we can't do without electric light and all the work done by our appliances. It takes water to get energy to our homes. Steam-driven turbines powered by coal, gas or nuclear fission drive electrical generators.
Water is used to remove excess heat that is a by-product of electricity generation.
About 1 percent of a home electricity bill covers the cost of water used in the production of the energy we use. One percent is a small percentage, but it is a lot of water. It takes energy to provide the water we use. It is true. About 4 percent of our home water bill pays for energy to pump the water, treat and deliver it.