TLDR: They’re using evaporative coolers so the water is sent to the atmosphere where it probably ends up as rain over the ocean. Sometimes they use river or lake water instead of drinking water.
Then the article goes off on a tangent about steam in gas turbine electricity generation — but pretty sure that’s a closed system so the water doesn’t just evaporate away.
TLDR: They’re using evaporative coolers so the water is sent to the atmosphere where it probably ends up as rain over the ocean. Sometimes they use river or lake water instead of drinking water.
Then the article goes off on a tangent about steam in gas turbine electricity generation — but pretty sure that’s a closed system so the water doesn’t just evaporate away.
Same evap cooling for electricity generation, the steam is closed loop but then you gotta condense it back to water through cooling.