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How is water used in a coal-fired power plant?

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People working in coal fired plants always get dirty from all the smoke and soot in the air. They use the water to wash up before they go home.

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Cooling. Water is used by thermoelectric generating facilities (coal, natural gas, and nuclear) to make electricity through converting the water into high-pressure steam to drive turbines.

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