Plan to cool buildings with lake water underway in Syracuse, N.Y.(Brief article)

Researchers from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) are in the early stages of a project to pipe the waters of Lake Ontario to cool buildings around Central New York, according to WYSR-TV Syracuse (www.WSYR.com).

The plan is to take cold water from deep under the surface of the Great Lake and pipe it down to Central New York where it would be used as a cooling source for private and public buildings. The water pumped into Central New York would also flow back out into Onondaga Lake, which would help clean it up; Onondaga Lake is one of the most polluted lakes in the U.S. $1.5 million of federal funding has been secured for the study.

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