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How much electricity is required to treat and deliver the water used in America every year?

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The answer is about 520 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh).

The energy from electricity is required in the water process to pump, clean, and transport. In the United States of America, it takes for about 520 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to move, treat and heat the water.
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