The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that regardless of cooling tower operating efficiency, about 1.8 gallons of water are evaporated for every ton-hour of cooling.

According to Varanasi, a 600-MW power plant could capture 150 million gallons of water a year—which represents about 20% to 30% of water lost from cooling towers.

The Bugey plant site (Image: EDF) US firm Infinite Cooling has developed technology that uses an innovative process that captures fine water droplets in cooling tower plumes using an electrically ...