Wounded Waters: Hidden Power Plant Pollution

Guest Blog | February 20, 2004 | Reports and Fact Sheets

Power plants are widely recognized as major sources of air pollutants that damage human health and the environment. Less well recognized is the damage they cause to water, both as large users and polluters. These damages are the hidden dimension of power generation pollution. Lifting the veil off this problem is essential to both restoring and wisely using many of our nation’s waters.Wounded_Waters.pdf