A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that “the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact.” As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develops new regulation...
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| description | Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that “the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact.” As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develops new regulations to implement Section 316(b), much of the debate has centered on adverse impingement and entrainment impacts of cooling-water intake structures. Depending on the specific location and intake layout, once-through cooling systems withdrawing many millions of gallons of water per day can, to a varying degree, harm fish and other aquatic organisms in the water bodies from which the cooling water is withdrawn. Therefore, opponents of once-through cooling systems have encouraged the EPA to require wet or dry cooling tower systems as the best technology available (BTA), without considering site-specific conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e992dfc0ad8b4a27801eb010a22079ad2025-02-03T05:45:04ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2002-01-012415710.1100/tsw.2002.183A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water ActJohn A. Veil0Markus G. Puder1Debra J. Littleton2Nancy Johnson3Argonne National Laboratory, 955 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20024, USAArgonne National Laboratory, 955 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20024, USAU.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, USAArgonne National Laboratory, 955 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20024, USASection 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that “the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact.” As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develops new regulations to implement Section 316(b), much of the debate has centered on adverse impingement and entrainment impacts of cooling-water intake structures. Depending on the specific location and intake layout, once-through cooling systems withdrawing many millions of gallons of water per day can, to a varying degree, harm fish and other aquatic organisms in the water bodies from which the cooling water is withdrawn. Therefore, opponents of once-through cooling systems have encouraged the EPA to require wet or dry cooling tower systems as the best technology available (BTA), without considering site-specific conditions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.183 |
| spellingShingle | John A. Veil Markus G. Puder Debra J. Littleton Nancy Johnson A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act The Scientific World Journal |
| title | A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act |
| title_full | A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act |
| title_short | A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act |
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