According to the USGS in 2010, about 161 billion gallons of water per day were consumed in the thermoelectric power category in the United States. How much water does this volume represent in terms of square miles of land covered to a depth of 4 ft each year?
What will be an ideal response?
amount of water consumed per year
Solving for x, we get
the area of the land covered by that amount of water =
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