Power Needs Water
KQED's Climate Watch
English - June 12, 2012 16:50 - 5 minutes - 2.64 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsNatural Sciences Science climate california kqed public radio environment energy policy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The state's water managers rolled out a plan this week to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by moving water around the state. If that sounds odd, it turns out that moving and treating water takes a lot of electricity. But the reverse is also true -- generating power uses a lot of water.