NEGATIVE ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE OF COOLING SYSTEMS OF POWER PLANTS AND WAYS OF ITS OVERCOMING
Journal: Russian Journal of Water Transport
Year: 2020

The issues of the impact of the cooling systems of ship power plants on the fish resources of the seas and continental reservoirs are considered. Widespread open cooling systems consume intake water. The filters used are not capable of trapping plankton and fish juveniles. As a result, when passing through the system, they die almost completely. Consequently food chains are destroyed and the fish resources of the seas are reduced. Numerical estimates of the damage are given. It is shown that the