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30 Wild Arizona Facts: Desert Nuclear Power, Apache History & Hohokam Canals
Explore 30 surprising facts about Arizona, from a desert nuclear power plant cooled with treated wastewater to Apache history and the ancient canals beneath Phoenix. Count down to Fact 1 while uncovering the state's engineering feats, difficult history, and enduring water challenges.
The largest nuclear power plant in the United States sits in the Sonoran Desert, 45 miles from Phoenix, without a natural water source nearby. Its three reactors use approximately 20 billion gallons of treated municipal wastewater for cooling each year.
In April 1871, approximately 150 men attacked a sleeping…
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