How to Use cooling tower in a Sentence

cooling tower

noun
  • The source of the cluster is believed to be a cooling tower in the area, according to the agency.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Legionella bacteria can be found in soil and in water systems, such as cooling towers, hot tubs and water tanks.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The city health department said the outbreak is linked to cooling towers, heat exchangers that use fans and water to cool down buildings.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The city health department said the outbreak is linked to cooling towers, heat exchangers that use fans and water to cool down buildings.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This included testing water from cooling towers in large buildings.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not everyone has the space for a massive cooling tower or a dedicated console corner to curb their gaming hunger.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The outbreak in Central Harlem has been linked to cooling towers in the area, according to the city health department.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The plant was closed in 2020, after its cooling towers were damaged during a violent windstorm.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Large cooling tower fans, rooftop air-handling units and dry coolers generate continuous low-frequency noise.
    — Wangda Zuo, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Many large facilities use evaporative cooling towers that consume millions of gallons of water per day.
    — Wangda Zuo, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Without maintenance, water systems, such as hot tubs, cooling towers, hot water tanks or big plumbing systems give the bacteria ideal places to grow.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Often condo towers will shut off their cooling towers, which keep the AC running, for safety during a hurricane.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Legionella, the bacterium that causes the illness, thrives in water and is commonly found in places such as plumbing systems, cooling towers, and hot tubs.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • At the center of its circular base was a glimmering white hyperboloid, a gigantic stone object that looked like a cooling tower at a nuclear power plant.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The plant’s cooling towers, administration building and training center were also dismantled and need to be replaced.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Health officials say all operable cooling towers in the area have been tested, and those that tested positive for Legionella were ordered to be cleaned.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.
    — Alice Park, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The bacteria, Legionella, is suspected to be spread by cooling towers on buildings in Central Harlem.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
  • If buildings fail to properly maintain their cooling towers, the waters can provide an environment for the bacteria to grow, Grassman said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Cooling systems often include air handling units, chillers, cooling towers, pumps and, increasingly, liquid-cooling equipment.
    — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • After testing, 11 cooling towers in the area of the cluster had positive results for the Legionella bacteria.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • After testing, 11 cooling towers in the area of the cluster had positive results for the Legionella bacteria.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Outside, giant cooling towers chill the heat-absorbing water that circulates throughout the facility.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Local health officials trace the disease to a dozen cooling towers serving ten buildings, including Harlem Hospital.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • On a foggy January morning, the plant’s most imposing feature is its bank of cooling towers, conventional fare for an industrial plant.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
  • Legionella lives in dirt and water, and typically likes still, warm water like the water in cooling towers for air conditioning systems, Gulick explains.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Authorities suspect that the bacteria, Legionella, is being spread by cooling towers on buildings in Harlem.
    — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Health officials emphasized that plumbing systems are separate from cooling tower systems in affected buildings.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The outbreak is concentrated within five zip codes and remediation efforts have been completed on 11 cooling towers.
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Legionella bacteria can grow in cooling towers, hot water tanks, hospital plumbing systems and decorative fountains.
    — Robert Promisloff, The Conversation, 19 June 2026

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