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The Facility, Part 14: Sea Water Intake
A storm drives kelp into the intake screens and a lift pump begins to vortex. Explore intake structures, tides and design water levels, screening, velocity, pump submergence and biofouling. Environmental protection, common-cause failures, user priorities and load shedding connect the sea to every water-dependent plant system. Part 14 of 16 in The Facility. Corran Point, its characters, companies and story figures are fictional and illustrative.
Chapters
00:00:00 Cold open: the night the sea came in green
00:02:56 Recap: what the intake feeds
00:05:52 Where to put the mouth: intake structures…
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