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New York Times: WITH so much focus on carbon emitted from the nation's power plants, another environmental challenge related to electricity generation is sometimes overlooked: the enormous amount of water needed to cool the power-producing equipment.
In the United States almost all electric power plants, 90 percent, are thermoelectric plants, which essentially create steam to generate electricity. To cool the plants, power suppliers take 40 percent of the fresh water withdrawn nationally, 136 billion gallons......
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In a Hot, Thirsty Energy Business, Water Is Prized
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 8th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation