Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-017-12133-9, published online 20 September 2017
This Article contains typographical errors.
In the first sentence of the Introduction section,
“Presently, 91% (3500 million MW h)1 of total electricity in the United States is generated by fossil-fueled thermoelectric power plants, which use 45% (~161 billion gallons per day)2 of total freshwater withdrawal (the single largest use of fresh water), 90% of which is used for cooling.”
should read:
“Presently, 91% (3500 million MW h)1 of total electricity in the United States is generated by thermoelectric (fossil-fuel and nuclear) power plants, which in turn utilize 45% (~161 billion gallons per day)2 of the total water withdrawal, 90% of which is used for cooling.”