Sentences with phrase «highest water withdrawals»
Coal plants with once - through cooling are among the energy sources with the highest water withdrawals.
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He says he's also concerned about a «high volume of truck traffic» and possible over withdrawal of water from aquifers.
The problem with water sourcing is not availability, but rather getting water management plans approved for the high volume withdrawals (drilling requires about 100,000 gallons and completions use another 3 million to 4 million gallons).
However, NREL's 80 - percent - by - 2050 renewable energy study, which included biomass and geothermal, found that total water consumption and withdrawal would decrease significantly in a future with high renewables [7].