Lange, Ian Andrew; Bellas, Allen S; Finney, Duane - Department of Economics, University of Stirling - 2011
Prior to adoption of the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA) most U.S. power plants used once-through cooling water systems that discharged large quantities of warm water and resulted in significant amounts of thermal pollution in neighboring bodies of water. The CWA essentially mandated recirculating...