Turn on the tap, and you have reasonably clean water to use instantly. That is because electricity pumps water to your faucets. Electricity is generated by heating water into steam to run turbines unless you use wind or photovoltaic (PV) energy sources for electrical production. Often, these essential connections are not mentioned in public information. Especially in drought-prone places, the simple fact is that you need water for energy, and it takes energy to move, chill, or heat water. Southern California is in a drought, and parts of the western deserts are in severe drought conditions. We may realize that hydroelectric power production from dammed rivers is diminished in periods of extended drought. Living well in a water deficit region requires enormous use of electrical energy to move water from mountainous northern California to our desert and semiarid regions.