@cstross I also strongly disapprove of this whole "it uses water" fad in reporting. I need that goose meme but with "but where does the water go?" written on it.
like, yes, they use it as coolant, and there are environmental effects from using natural water sources as heatsinks, but the flow rate through the facility is not directly indicative of the problem. it's shoddy reporting that leaves holes for the real questions to be dodged.