These plants need the fresh water flow from the river for cooling, processing, and to ship their product out to the Gulf.

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The chemical is kept pressurized as part of the cooling system in meat processing plants.

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In fact, server farms require a half-watt in cooling for each watt of processing.

FORBES: Written by Stanton D. Sloane