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Electric Power Industry Facing Water-Use Disclosure Risk

Electric Power Industry Facing Water-Use Disclosure Risk

Posted 19 February 2010 | By Jeff Stephens | Categories: climate change, energy, water | 1 Comment

The U.S. electric power industry withdraws an estimated 136 billion gallons of freshwater per day for generating and then cooling the steam that drives electric turbines. That’s roughly 41 percent of the country’s total withdrawals according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Recent guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that “changes in the [...]