Cuts in hydro energy production in the West because of the water shortages. Exceptional heat causing the demands for energy hits a record. If the drought continues two of the largest (Lake Mead and Lake Powell) dams in the US will eventually be in critically dry condition. Natural gas plants have been being used more due to dams being unable to fulfill their tasks. Some see this as an opportunity to grow without water and to adapt. For example, some power plants are now using dry cooling, a technology that requires 95 percent less water than conventional methods. For better methods that it is necessary to look beyond industrial power plants. 

In this article, it is talking about the decline in Dams. We need to figure out a solution so that we may not only rely on fossil fuel-burning plants as our only source of energy. We also have to adapt and find better alternative energy sources. Dry cooling is a great concept, but I don’t think it could be a permanent solution to our problems.