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Impacts of Coal on our Water
The combustion of coal pollutes our water.
Coal-fired power plants use immense amounts of water for cooling – a single power plant can withdraw up to 300 million gallons of water from local rivers and lakes each day.[iv]
[i] Hutson, S.S., N.L.
Barber, J.F. Kenny, K.S. Linsey, D.S. Lumia,
M.A. Maupin. 2004.
Estimated Use of Water in the
[ii] Hutson, S.S., N.L. Barber, J.F. Kenny,
K.S. Linsey, D.S. Lumia, M.A. Maupin.
2004. Estimated Use of Water in
the
[iii] Hutson, S.S., N.L. Barber, J.F. Kenny,
K.S. Linsey, D.S. Lumia, M.A. Maupin.
2004. Estimated Use of Water in
the
[iv] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Water Discharge. Climate Change. Washington, D.C. www.epa.gov/cleanrgy/energy-and-you/affect/water-discharge.html. Last visited 29 October 2008.