Temperature control water - Onchoyosui

...However, considering the current restrictive water rights situation and the phenomenon of groundwater salinization, it is expected that it will be difficult to develop new private water sources in the future, and that there will be a gradual shift to recycled water and industrial water supplies. Industrial water uses can be broadly categorized as cooling water, product processing water, cleaning water, raw material water, temperature control water, boiler water, and others. Cooling water accounts for a large proportion of the total water usage, but because the recovery rate of cooling water is high, the amount of new water replenishment is not that large. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "temperature control water" is listed below.

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…しかし，現在の窮屈な水利権の状況や地下水塩水化の現象を考えると，今後新たな自家水源を開発することはむずかしく，しだいに回収水や工業用水道に切り替えられていくものとみられる。　工業用水の用途を大別すると，冷却水，製品処理水，洗浄用水，原料用水，温調用水，ボイラー用水，その他になる。総使用水量としては冷却水が大きな割合を占めているが，冷却水は回収率が高いので，新水補給量としてはそう多くない。…

※「温調用水」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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