Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Water problems in a coal power plant


When the 2.2 billion gallons of water passes through the coal power plant back into lakes, rivers and oceans the temperature of the water is 20-25F° hotter than when it came in . It is a problem because it does extinction of fish.
The water goes out with chlorine and other chemicals. The problem is that it can kill fish.
Just 33-35% of the heat made by the coal burnt is used, the rest is absorbed by the water or released into the atmosphere . The problem is that the water is heated which again kills fish.
21 million fish eggs are taken by accident into the coal power plant each year.
1,5 million adult fish are taken by accident into the coal power plant each year .

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