EPA has proposed new standards for cooling water intake structures at existing power plants and factories. The proposal covers existing facilities with a design intake flow of at least 2 million ...

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 per ...

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 ...

Section 316(b) of the EPA Clean Water Act requires that the location, design, construction and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse ...

A $5.5 million project to replace aging water intake structures at the city’s two reservoirs will give utility crews more control over the flows to a nearby treatment center and will make the job of ...

Compiled By Jill Jusko The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed the final regulation governing the design, capacity and construction of cooling water intake structures at new industrial ...

In December 2009, construction of an underwater tower and fish collection structure was successfully completed at the 465-MW Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project. The first-of-its-kind fish bypass ...