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This document summarizes research on water consumption for power generation in the United States. It finds that thermoelectric power plants, which generate 89% of US electricity, withdraw large amounts of water but only a small portion is evaporated. The evaporation rate is approximately 2.5% of withdrawals, or 3,310 million gallons per day. Hydroelectric plants, which generate 9% of US electricity, also cause evaporative water loss from reservoirs. On average, thermoelectric plants evaporate 0.47 gallons o

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