Publish Date: September 1, 2013
Company: Sierra Club, Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, River Network
Cost: Free
Keywords: power plants, environmental controls
Company: Sierra Club, Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, River Network
Cost: Free
Keywords: power plants, environmental controls
Report examines power plants’ water-related environmental practices, including the use of closed-cycle cooling as well as the reuse of water from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Makes a case for stronger environmental control of power plant cooling systems. Charts criteria and differences in practice that distinguish the best state permitting practices from the worst.