National Public Radio: The typical American uses 99 gallons of water a day for activities like washing clothes, bathing, toilet-flushing and cooking. But that amount doesn't even come close to the amount of water used on a daily basis by electrical power plants.
Each day, coal, nuclear and natural gas plants use about five times the amount of water used on a daily basis by all American households combined "” including 250 gallons of water per American per day to generate our daily electricity usage.
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 11th, 2011
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