A cooling apparatus for cooling a waterflow, the cooling apparatus comprising: a counterflow evaporative cooler adapted to cool the waterflow therethrough, a crossflow evaporative cooler adapted to receive and further cool the waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough longitudinally, wherein the crossflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive an airflow to flow laterally therethrough to further cool the cooled waterflow therethrough forming a crossflow with the cooled waterflow, and the counterflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive the cooled airflow therethrough longitudinally from the crossflow evaporative cooler to cool the waterflow therethrough, and a deflector disposed between the counterflow evaporative cooler and the crossflow evaporative cooler and adapted to deflect the cooled waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler to the top position of the crossflow evaporative cooler and allow the cooled airflow to flow from the crossflow evaporative cooler to the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough, and separate the cooled airflow exiting the crossflow evaporative cooler from the cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler , wherein the cooled airflow from the crossflow evaporative cooler is directed through the deflector to the counterflow evaporative cooler , wherein the cooled waterflow is cooled further by the cooled airflow before entering the crossflow evaporative cooler such that the temperature of the further cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler is lower than the temperature of the waterflow exiting the counterflow evaporative cooler. a counterflow evaporative cooler adapted to cool the waterflow therethrough, a crossflow evaporative cooler adapted to receive and further cool the waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough longitudinally, wherein the crossflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive an airflow to flow laterally therethrough to further cool the cooled waterflow therethrough forming a crossflow with the cooled waterflow, and the counterflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive the cooled airflow therethrough longitudinally from the crossflow evaporative cooler to cool the waterflow therethrough, and a deflector disposed between the counterflow evaporative cooler and the crossflow evaporative cooler and adapted to deflect the cooled waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler to the top position of the crossflow evaporative cooler and allow the cooled airflow to flow from the crossflow evaporative cooler to the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough, and separate the cooled airflow exiting the crossflow evaporative cooler from the cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler , wherein the cooled airflow from the crossflow evaporative cooler is directed through the deflector to the counterflow evaporative cooler , wherein the cooled waterflow is cooled further by the cooled airflow before entering the crossflow evaporative cooler such that the temperature of the further cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler is lower than the temperature of the waterflow exiting the counterflow evaporative cooler. <EOS>