• @ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    It is removed from the system. It’s not practically immediately recoverable. The capacity to supply that water has been spent.

    • @bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      If you want to talk about water treatment capacity, then sure. Treatment capacity is used for cooling.

      That’s not what I’m talking about though. I’m talking about the mass of water being consumed (i.e., removed) from the watershed. The water removed from the river for cooling is returned. There is no net loss of water.