How long would it take a power plant to empty an Olympic swimming pool?

Olympic swimming pool image courtesy William Bird vintage card collection
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It would take only 20 seconds for a power plant cooling water intake structure (at the largest plants) to empty an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

EPA has extended the cooling water intake rule comment period to August 18, 2011

Up and down the shores of the Hudson River, power plants continue to use outdated technology known as once-through cooling and withdraw nearly five billion gallons of the river’s water each day to produce electricity.

If you haven’t done so already, please act now and tell EPA to take a stand against industry pressure and save millions of Hudson River fish each year.

Our communities are long overdue for a clear, consistent national policy that protects our waterways and helps to move the nation toward a future with cleaner, less destructive energy production.