Water Behind Every Hour
NEWEST SEALED HOURS
dot / one gallon per megawatt-hour
filled / plant cooling
open / reservoir evaporation
MISO-CentralSept. 30, 11 PM ET
283gallons per MWh
BPAOct. 1, 1 AM ET
1,071gallons per MWh
CAISOOct. 1, 1 AM ET
371gallons per MWh
| Grid | Hour | Gallons per MWh | Plant Cooling | Reservoir Evaporation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISO-Central | Sept. 30, 11 PM ET | 282.69 | 269.89 | 12.80 |
| BPA | Oct. 1, 1 AM ET | 1,071.47 | 99.15 | 972.32 |
| CAISO | Oct. 1, 1 AM ET | 371.43 | 138.63 | 232.80 |
The machinery at a power plant gets incredibly hot when producing energy. We typically cool the machines with water, which causes a portion of that water to be consumed, making it unable to return to the water supply it came from. We call this gridwater. Aquadrio meters it hour by hour, traces it to the basins it left, and prices it for the building that used the power.
Position Paper
Gridwater: The Embedded Water Cost of Electricity
Jason Newman, Aquadrio
Stories
Gridwater in Southeast Michigan
$19.8 million
a year of gridwater for one building
In Saline Township, Michigan, the largest data center project in the state is currently under construction.