"California has made significant progress toward reducing water consumption and increasing recycled water usage at the state's largest power plants," said Energy Commission Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller. "This map shows that 50 of the state's 100 largest plants use recycled water (including the geothermal power plants at The Geysers that are supplied with recycled waste-water from the city of Santa Rosa and other local communities), and our fleet of thermal power plants has become more efficient and more drought resilient."
The online map provides information about the potential impact on water sources for thermal power plant operations. Among the 100 power plants, half depend on recycled and degraded groundwater as their primary source of water, 30 plants use surface water and 20 plants use groundwater.
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