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Water Issues of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Electricity in the Southwest United States

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Nicole Carter, Richard Campbell
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This report reviews the cumulative impacts of installing numerous thermoelectric power plants on the water resources of the Southwest, a region with existing water constraints. These impacts raise numerous policy questions, many of which are discussed in this report.