Where the Water Hits the Road Blog

Water is becoming the Achilles’ heel of the electric industry. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report "Freshwater Use by US Power Plants: Electricity's Thirst for a Precious Resource" shows how we currently divert three Niagara Falls’ worth of freshwater into thermoelectric power plants -- more than 4 times what is used in all U.S. residences and equivalent to all of irrigated agriculture. The good news is that promoting water conserving alternatives (closed-loop, dry cooling, etc.) may have an important side-effect: reducing our nation’s carbon footprint. Click the title, image or here to view the full post.