A new National Security Agency computer center in Fort Meade, Md., will be cooled by treated wastewater from Howard County, Md. Under an agreement announced early this month, and reported on in the Baltimore Sun, the NSA will pay an estimated $40 million to build a pumping station and as much as $2 million per year for up to 5 mgd of treated wastewater.While most are heralding the deal as a “win-win” situation for taxpayers and the environment (wastewater that would otherwise be dumped in the Little Patuxent River will be used to cool the massive servers at the data
