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And creating energy is also using large amounts of water.
it typically uses non-potable water though, and that water is then typically evaporated as steam which then in precipitated back down, or it's directly routed back into the stream it came from, which is the case in hydroelectric systems
The water that's returned is significantly warmer though, which can have some pretty large effects on the local environment.
that is true