15-26: Hybrid Cooling Towers – Water Savings Calculations and MeasurementsIn many areas of the globe water has become, along with energy, a critical natural resource. Because of that concern, a variety of hybrid cooling towers have been developed for power plant usage. These hybrids provide the cooling performance of a wet cooling tower but with less water usage. The particular amount of water savings that can be achieved varies with both the design of the hybrid cooling tower and the ambient climate. There is no generally