Comments on: Agriculture and Climate Update: Action on the Ogallala

By: lenrosen4

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:19:11 +0000

Using freshwater as a coolant for power generating stations seems to me to be an enormous waste of a vital resource. You would think someone would have come up with a gray water coolant system, or developed a technology that could use salt water in coastal areas.

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By: Mark Jones

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:09:14 +0000

In reply to Mark Jones.

Correction, the article states that the consumption of water noted above is for the US.

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By: Mark Jones

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:06:46 +0000

The Ogallala pops up every once in a while as a looming water crisis, so I’m glad to see someone somewhere is taking it seriously.
By coincidence today, here’s an article by the CEO of Nestle on water use for power generation. One astounding assertion is that power plant cooling accounts for half of water use (somewhere, he was not specific on region).
Somehow agricultural and industrial use have to be rationalized, or conservation in one area will just be eroded by lack of conservation elsewhere.
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130417131801-230883806-water-as-the-hidden-power-behind-world-energy?goback=.ptf_*1_*1_*1_*1_following_*1&trk=who_to_follow-b

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