Once-Through Cooling Water System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019540",
  "term": "Once-Through Cooling Water System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "System designed to withdraw water from a natural or other water source, use it at the facility to support contact and/or noncontact cooling uses, and then discharge it to a waterbody without recirculation. Once-through cooling systems sometimes employ canals/channels, ponds, or non-recirculating cooling towers to dissipate waste heat from the water before it is discharged.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 125.93 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/once-through-cooling-water-system/"
}