Thermal power plants need a continuous supply of cooling water to operate, but as the natural environment changes, more and more screen blockages are occurring at cooling water intakes. Maintaining ...

In the wake of a recent federal case, large power plants are off the hook for now as far as complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2004 rule intended to protect fish and ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules for existing power generating, manufacturing and industrial facilities that withdraw more than 2 million gallons of water ...

Throughout the country, utilities have been closely monitoring the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Section 316(b) rule requirements and compliance timeline to determine how the regulation may ...

The business end of the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s new intake pipe at Lake Mead is a reinforced concrete vault that pokes up from the bottom of the reservoir, the last stop in a dark tunnel 3 ...

WHY TAKE THE DETOUR: You’re jogging or biking from Old Sacramento north along the river and spy something that looks like the Sydney Opera House. OK, maybe you’re squinting a little, but this building ...

Down at the bottom, the rain never stops. It seeps from the rock walls and pours from the 600-foot shaft that frames a clear blue sky. Pumps help to stem the tide, but still the water collects, ...