Water Use and Management Read pages 276-283
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Use this reading to answer
questions 1-5.
Industry
accounts for 19 percent of water used in the world. Water is used to
manufacture goods, to dispose of waste, and to generate power. The amount of
water needed to manufacture everyday items can be astounding. For instance,
nearly 1,000 L of water are needed to produce 1 kg of aluminum, and almost
500,000 L of water are needed to manufacture a car.
Vast amounts of water are required to produce computer chips and
semiconductors.
Most of the water that is used in industry is used
to cool power plants. Power-plant cooling systems usually pump water from a surface
water source such as a river or lake, carry the water through pipes in a
cooling tower, and then pump the water back into the source. The water that is
returned is usually warmer than the source, but it is generally clean and can
be used again.